• Association Between Amygdala Volume and Trajectories of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies 

      Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Melvær, Giil Lasse; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Borda, Miguel Germán; Ferreira, Daniel; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten; Oppedal, Ketil; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)
      Introduction: The amygdala is implicated in psychiatric illness. Even as the amygdala undergoes significant atrophy in mild dementia, amygdala volume is underexplored as a risk factor for neuropsychiatric symptoms ...
    • Benzodiazepines and antidepressants: Effects on cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Oesterhus, Ragnhild; Santacruz, José Manuel; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Sønnesyn, Hogne; Cano-Gutierrez, Carlos Alberto (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Objectives We aim to study the effects of the prescription of benzodiazepines and antidepressants on cognitive and functional decline in older adults living with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD) over ...
    • Body mass index trajectories and associations with cognitive decline in people with Lewy body dementia and Alzheimer's disease 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Melvær, Giil Lasse; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Sønnesyn, Hogne; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Background and Aims In older adults with dementia, low body mass index (BMI) is associated with higher mortality and other adverse health outcomes. BMI or nutritional status trajectories from diagnosis have not yet been ...
    • Body mass index, performance on activities of daily living and cognition: analysis in two different populations 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Venegas-Sanabria, Luis Carlos; Garcia-Cifuentes, Elkin; Gomez, Ronald Camilo; Cano-Gutierrez, Carlos Alberto; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Aarsland, Vera Vårin Birkemo; Khalifa, Khadija; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Aarsland, Dag; Sønnesyn, Hogne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background With this study, we aim to determine the associations of the different categories of the body mass index (BMI) with activities of daily living (ADL) and cognitive performance in two different populations living ...
    • Cognitive and Motor Decline in Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Parkinson's Disease Dementia 

      Gonzalez Velez, Maria Camila; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Alves, Guido Werner; Dalen, Ingvild; Williams-Gray, Caroline H.; Camacho, Marta; Forsgren, Lars; Bäckström, David; Lawson, Rachael A.; Macleod, Angus D.; Counsell, Carl E.; Paquet, Claire; DeLena, Carlo; D'Antonio, Fabrizia; Pilotto, Andrea; Padovani, Alessandro; Blanc, Frédéric; Falup-Pecurariu, Cristian; Lewis, Simon J.G.; Rejdak, Konrad; Papuc, Ewa; Hort, Jakub; Nedelska, Zuzana; O'Brien, John; Bonanni, Laura; Marquié, Marta; Boada, Mercè; Pytel, Vanesa; Abdelnour, Carla; Alcolea, Daniel; Beyer, Katrin; Tysnes, Ole-Bjørn; Aarsland, Dag; Maple-Grødem, Jodi (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background There is a need to better understand the rate of cognitive and motor decline of Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and Parkinson's disease Dementia (PDD). Objectives To compare the rate of cognitive and motor ...
    • Preanalytical stability of plasma biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease pathology 

      Sunde, Anita Lenora; Alsnes, Ingvild Vatten; Årsland, Dag; Ashton, Nicholas J.; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; De Santis, Giovanni; Blennow, Kaj; Zetterberg, Henrik; Kjosavik, Svein Reidar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Introduction Plasma tests have demonstrated high diagnostic accuracy for identifying Alzheimer's disease pathology. To facilitate the transition to clinical utility, we assessed whether plasma storage duration and temperature ...
    • Spectral features of resting-state EEG in Parkinson's Disease: A multicenter study using functional data analysis 

      Jaramillo-Jimenez, Alberto; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Ospina, Johann Alexis; Mantilla-Ramos, Yorguin-Jose; Loaiza-López, Daniel; Henao Isaza, Verónica; Zapata Saldarriaga, Luisa María; Cadavid Castro, Valeria; Suarez-Revelo, Jazmin Ximena; Bocanegra, Yamile; Lopera, Francisco; Pineda-Salazar, David Antonio; Tobón Quintero, Carlos Andrés; Ochoa-Gomez, John Fredy; Borda, Miguel Germán; Aarsland, Dag; Bonanni, Laura; Brønnick, Kolbjørn Kallesten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Objective This study aims 1) To analyse differences in resting-state electroencephalogram (rs-EEG) spectral features of Parkinson's Disease (PD) and healthy subjects (non-PD) using Functional Data Analysis (FDA) and 2) ...
    • Timed Up and Go in People with Subjective Cognitive Decline Is Associated with Faster Cognitive Deterioration and Cortical Thickness 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Ferreira, Daniel; Selnes, Per; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Jaramillo-Jiménez, Alberto; Kirsebom, Bjørn-Eivind; Garcia-Cifuentes, Elkin; Dalaker, Turi Olene; Oppedal, Ketil; Sønnesyn, Hogne; Fladby, Tormod; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Introduction: Early markers of neurodegeneration provide an opportunity to detect, monitor, and initiate interventions in individuals who have an increased risk of developing dementia. Here, we investigated whether the ...
    • Tongue muscle mass is associated with total grey matter and hippocampal volumes in Dementia with Lewy Bodies 

      Borda, Miguel Germán; Castellanos-Perilla, Nicolás; Tovar-Rios, Diego Alejandro; Ferreira, Daniel; Duque, Gustavo; Aarsland, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02)
      Background Age-related neurodegeneration, sarcopenia, and ectopic fat accumulation are conditions with shared pathways that remain poorly understood. We have measured muscle volume and fat accumulation in masseter and ...