Blar i Faculty of Health Sciences på emneord "Alzheimer"
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Clinical and neuroimaging prognostic markers in Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia: The role of muscle status and nutrition
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy body dementia are the two most common neurodegenerative dementias. They have a progressive course with devastating consequences for the people living with these diseases and their families, but ... -
The ePark study protocol: A decentralized trial of individual video-assisted cognitive behavioural therapy for depressive disorder in Parkinson's disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-04)Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting 1.2 million Europeans [1]. The prevalence of PD in people over 60 is about 1%, increasing to 4% in people 80 years and older [2]. ... -
Genetic risk scores and hallucinations in patients with Parkinson disease
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)Objective We examine the hypothesized overlap of genetic architecture for Alzheimer disease (AD), schizophrenia (SZ), and Parkinson disease (PD) through the use of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) with the occurrence of ... -
Home-dwelling persons with dementia. The impact of individual and organizational factors on the use of health resources and quality of life.
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Background and aim The prevalence of dementia increases with age, and as the world’s population is growing older, the number of people with dementia is rising rapidly. Dementia is a progressive disease causing the affected ... -
Tongue muscle mass is associated with total grey matter and hippocampal volumes in Dementia with Lewy Bodies
(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 ...