Dementia

"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.

Descriptor ID	D003704
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
Concept/Terms	Dementia Dementia Dementias Amentia Amentias Senile Paranoid Dementia Senile Paranoid Dementia Dementias, Senile Paranoid Paranoid Dementia, Senile Paranoid Dementias, Senile Senile Paranoid Dementias Familial Dementia Familial Dementia Dementia, Familial Dementias, Familial Familial Dementias

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Dementia [F03.615.400]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 222 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 15 publications in 2012

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	1	0	1
1995	0	1	1
1996	2	1	3
1997	7	0	7
1998	6	3	9
1999	3	0	3
2000	6	1	7
2001	5	1	6
2002	2	0	2
2003	4	1	5
2004	6	1	7
2005	12	1	13
2006	6	0	6
2007	2	2	4
2008	8	3	11
2009	14	0	14
2010	12	1	13
2011	11	1	12
2012	13	2	15
2013	8	3	11
2014	9	2	11
2015	11	2	13
2016	9	4	13
2017	6	3	9
2018	9	0	9
2019	4	4	8
2020	6	1	7
2021	2	0	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.

Piras F, Banaj N, Porcari DE, Piras F, Spalletta G. Later life depression as risk factor for developing dementia: epidemiological evidence, predictive models, preventive strategies and future trends. Minerva Med. 2021 Aug; 112(4):456-466.

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Sibley AA, Shrestha S, Lipovac-Dew M, Kunik ME. Examining Depression Symptoms With/Without Coexisting Anxiety Symptoms in Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2021 Jan-Dec; 36:1533317521990267.

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Kachru N, Holmes HM, Johnson ML, Chen H, Aparasu RR. Comparative risk of adverse outcomes associated with nonselective and selective antimuscarinic medications in older adults with dementia and overactive bladder. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 05; 36(5):684-696.

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Ouellette AR, Neuner SM, Dumitrescu L, Anderson LC, Gatti DM, Mahoney ER, Bubier JA, Churchill G, Peters L, Huentelman MJ, Herskowitz JH, Yang HS, Smith AN, Reitz C, Kunkle BW, White CC, De Jager PL, Schneider JA, Bennett DA, Seyfried NT, Chesler EJ, Hadad N, Hohman TJ, Kaczorowski CC. Cross-Species Analyses Identify Dlgap2 as a Regulator of Age-Related Cognitive Decline and Alzheimer's Dementia. Cell Rep. 2020 09 01; 32(9):108091.

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Chatterjee S, Talwar A, Aparasu RR. Anticholinergic medications and risk of dementia in older adults: Where are we now? Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2020 Oct; 19(10):1251-1267.

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Du Y, Paiva K, Cebula A, Kim S, Lopez K, Li C, White C, Myneni S, Seshadri S, Wang J. Diabetes-Related Topics in an Online Forum for Caregivers of Individuals Living With Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias: Qualitative Inquiry. J Med Internet Res. 2020 07 06; 22(7):e17851.

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Yeap BB, Marriott RJ, Adams RJ, Antonio L, Ballantyne CM, Bhasin S, Cawthon PM, Couper DJ, Dobs AS, Flicker L, Karlsson M, Martin SA, Matsumoto AM, Mellström D, Norman PE, Ohlsson C, Orwoll ES, O'Neill TW, Shores MM, Travison TG, Vanderschueren D, Wittert GA, Wu FCW, Murray K. Androgens In Men Study (AIMS): protocol for meta-analyses of individual participant data investigating associations of androgens with health outcomes in men. BMJ Open. 2020 05 11; 10(5):e034777.

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Ternes K, Iyengar V, Lavretsky H, Dawson WD, Booi L, Ibanez A, Vahia I, Reynolds C, DeKosky S, Cummings J, Miller B, Perissinotto C, Kaye J, Eyre HA. Brain health INnovation Diplomacy: a model binding diverse disciplines to manage the promise and perils of technological innovation. Int Psychogeriatr. 2020 08; 32(8):955-979.

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Kachru N, Holmes HM, Johnson ML, Chen H, Aparasu RR. Risk of Mortality Associated with Non-selective Antimuscarinic medications in Older Adults with Dementia: a Retrospective Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 07; 35(7):2084-2093.

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Kunik ME, Stanley MA, Shrestha S, Ramsey D, Richey S, Snow L, Freshour J, Evans T, Newmark M, Williams S, Wilson N, Amspoker AB. Aggression Prevention Training for Individuals With Dementia and Their Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 06; 28(6):662-672.

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