"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| 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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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.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2009 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2022 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| 2023 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| 2024 | 15 | 3 | 18 |
| 2025 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Neuroimaging correlates of cognitive stages in Parkinson's disease: A multimodal MRI study. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2026 05; 264:109343.
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Urinary Metal Levels, Cognitive Test Performance, and Dementia in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 12 02; 7(12):e2448286.
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Association of aortic valve calcium with dementia and stroke: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2024 10; 397:117596.
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Dementias Among Older Males and Females in the U.S. Medicare System With and Without HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2023 06 01; 93(2):107-115.
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Targeting MDM2 for novel molecular therapy: Beyond oncology. Med Res Rev. 2020 05; 40(3):856-880.
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Sample size calculations for prevalent cohort designs. Stat Methods Med Res. 2017 Feb; 26(1):280-291.
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High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T and cognitive function and dementia risk: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Eur Heart J. 2014 Jul 14; 35(27):1817-24.
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Concordance of self- and proxy-rated worry and anxiety symptoms in older adults with dementia. J Anxiety Disord. 2013 Jan; 27(1):125-30.
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Managing pain to prevent aggression in people with dementia: a nonpharmacologic intervention. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2012 Feb; 27(1):41-7.
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Treating sleep problems in dementia caregivers based on parent-child interventions. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2011 Aug; 26(5):366-72.