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The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) is a brief neuropsychological assessment used to assess the severity of cognitive symptoms of dementia. It is one of the most widely used cognitive scales in clinical trials [ 1 ] and is considered to be the “gold standard” for assessing antidementia treatments.
The extramural program funds research and training at universities, hospitals, medical centers, and other public and private organizations nationwide. One such example is the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers (ADRCs). As of 2022, the NIA funds over 30 centers at medical institutions throughout the United States. [9] [10]
Similar to the NINCDS-ADRDA Alzheimer's Criteria are the DSM-IV-TR criteria published by the American Psychiatric Association. [3] At the same time the advances in functional neuroimaging techniques such as PET or SPECT that have already proven their utility to differentiate Alzheimer's disease from other possible causes, [4] have led to proposals of revision of the NINCDS-ADRDA criteria that ...
New research finds a blood test accurately diagnoses Alzheimer’s disease in patients. The blood test was 90% accurate in the study. This blood test is currently available in the U.S.
For the first time, people worried about their risk of Alzheimer’s disease can go online, order a blood test, and receive results in the privacy of their homes. Doubts abound about a new ...
Of the 698 participants previously seen at a memory clinic, the PrecivityAD2 test was about 90% accurate in identifying the presence of Alzheimer’s disease, while specialists were only 73% valid.
Recent research has shown that large soluble APP (sAPP) [9] that are present in CSF may serve as a novel potential biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. In an article published in Nature, a group led by Lewczuk performed a test to observe the performance of a soluble form of APP α and β. A significant increase in sAPP α and sAPP β was found in ...
The MMSE may help differentiate different types of dementias. People with Alzheimer's disease may score significantly lower on orientation to time and place as well as recall, compared to those who have dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, or Parkinson's disease dementia. [25] [26] [27]