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Andreas Monsch

Memory Clinic
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Strategic roadmap for an early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on biomarkers

GB Frisoni, M Boccardi, F Barkhof, K Blennow… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
The diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease can be improved by the use of biological measures.
Biomarkers of functional impairment, neuronal loss, and protein deposition that can be …

Identifying a cut‐off point for normal mobility: a comparison of the timed 'up and go'test in community‐dwelling and institutionalised elderly women

HA Bischoff, HB Stähelin, AU Monsch… - Age and …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background: physical mobility testing is an essential component of the geriatric assessment.
The timed up and go test measures basic mobility skills including a sequence of functional …

Neuropsychological studies of asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-type-1 infected individuals

DA White, RK Heaton, AU Monsch - Journal of the International …, 1995 - cambridge.org
The current review was conducted to address the ongoing debate regarding the presence or
absence of neuropsychological impairment in asymptomatic HIV-Type 1 (HIV-1) seropositive …

Comparisons of verbal fluency tasks in the detection of dementia of the Alzheimer type

AU Monsch, MW Bondi, N Butters… - Archives of …, 1992 - jamanetwork.com
• The performances of 89 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and 53
demographically matched elderly normal control subjects were compared on four verbal …

DTI measures in crossing-fibre areas: increased diffusion anisotropy reveals early white matter alteration in MCI and mild Alzheimer's disease

G Douaud, S Jbabdi, TEJ Behrens, RA Menke, A Gass… - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Though mild cognitive impairment is an intermediate clinical state between healthy aging
and Alzheimer's disease (AD), there are very few whole-brain voxel-wise diffusion MRI …

[HTML][HTML] Increased neurofilament light chain blood levels in neurodegenerative neurological diseases

J Gaiottino, N Norgren, R Dobson, J Topping, A Nissim… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Neuronal damage is the morphological substrate of persisting neurological
disability. Neurofilaments (Nf) are cytoskeletal proteins of neurons and their release into …

A common brain network links development, aging, and vulnerability to disease

G Douaud, AR Groves, CK Tamnes… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Several theories link processes of development and aging in humans. In neuroscience, one
model posits for instance that healthy age-related brain degeneration mirrors development …

Rivastigmine for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery—a randomized controlled trial

M Gamberini, D Bolliger, GAL Buse… - Critical care …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Cardiac surgery is frequently followed by postoperative delirium, which is
associated with increased 1-year mortality, late cognitive deficits, and higher costs …

A comparison of category and letter fluency in Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease.

AU Monsch, MW Bondi, N Butters, JS Paulsen… - …, 1994 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract 44 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT), 44 elderly normal control
(ENC) Ss demographically matched to the DAT group, 42 patients with Huntington's disease …

Unawareness of smell loss in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: discrepancy between self-reported and diagnosed smell sensitivity

S Nordin, AU Monsch, C Murphy - The Journals of Gerontology …, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Awareness of loss in smell sensitivity was assessed in 80 normal elderly subjects, 80
patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 80 patients with sinusitis by comparing …