BackgroundAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurogenerative disorder, making up 70% of total dementia cases with a prevalence of more than 55 million people. Electroencephalogram (EEG) has become a suitable, accurate, and highly sensitive biomarker for the identification and diagnosis of AD.MethodsIn this study, a public database of EEG resting state-closed eye recordings containing […]
Published on November 7, 2023
IntroductionDiagnostic classification systems and guidelines posit distinguishing patterns of impairment in Alzheimer’s (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). In our study, we aim to identify which diagnostic instruments distinguish them.MethodsWe searched PubMed and PsychInfo for empirical studies published until December 2020, which investigated differences in cognitive, behavioral, psychiatric, and functional measures in patients older than 64 years […]
Published on November 6, 2023
BackgroundThis meta-analysis evaluates the efficacy and safety of amyloid-β (Aβ) targeted therapies for delaying cognitive deterioration in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).MethodsPubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched to identify relevant studies published before January 18, 2023.ResultsWe pooled 33,689 participants from 42 studies. The meta-analysis showed no difference between anti-Aβ drugs and placebo in […]
Published on November 6, 2023