Browsing by Subject "Dementia"
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DISRUPTION OF SLEEP AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM ORGANIZATION AS RISK FACTORS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
(2016-08-26)Individuals commonly report disrupted nighttime sleep and daytime sleepiness in the early, preclinical, stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), as well as other dementias. Furthermore, there is accumulating evidence of a ... -
Have You Heard About Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, And Cognitive Decline? Relationships, Mechanisms, And A Proposed Investigation Using Event-Related Potentials
(2021-06-02)This thesis summarizes and analyses the literature surrounding hearing loss (HL), hearing aid (HA) use, and cognition. While the literature investigating human cognition shows a clear relationship between HL and dementia ... -
Investigating the role of frailty in the expression of dementia
(2020-08-28)Background: Frailty is related to neuropathological features of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) as well as cognitive decline and dementia. Objectives: 1) determine whether frailty moderates the relationship between neuropathology ... -
Sex, Drugs and Dementia
(2020-07-20)Older adults comprise the greatest segment of the population that use medications. Aging, sex and genetic considerations alter medication metabolism which modifies drug exposure, effect and risk of toxicity. Anticholinergic ...
