Search for dissertations about: "progressive dementia diseases"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the words progressive dementia diseases.

  2. 6. Idiopathic parkinsonism : epidemiology and clinical characteristics of a population-based incidence cohort

    Author : Jan Linder; Lars Forsgren; Ole-Bjørn Tysnes; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Parkinsonism; Parkinson s disease; Multiple system atrophy; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Incidence; Magnetic resonance tomography; Electromyography; Oculomotor;

    Abstract : Background: Idiopathic parkinsonism is a neurodegenerative syndrome of unknown cause and includes Parkinson’s disease (PD) and atypical parkinsonian disorders. The atypical parkinsonian disorders are: Multiple system atrophy (MSA), progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal degeneration (CBD). READ MORE

  4. 7. Natural history of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias : findings from a population survey

    Author : Hedda Aguero-Eklund; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to increase understanding of the natural history of different types of dementia in a very old population. Five studies were performed using data from the Kungsholmen Project, a population-based study on aging and dementia in Stockholm that includes subjects aged 75+. READ MORE

  5. 8. The postsynaptic protein neurogranin: a new item in the Alzheimer’s disease biomarker toolbox

    Author : Hlin Kvartsberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; CSF; brain tissue; Alzheimer s disease; biomarker; neurogranin;

    Abstract : Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia affecting more than 50 million people worldwide today and is characterised by progressive cognitive decline. One of the earliest events in AD, which is also closely related to neuronal loss and the degree of dementia, is synaptic degeneration. READ MORE

  6. 9. Genotype-phenotype characterization of familial hyperkinetic movement disorders : emphasis on ataxia and brain calcifications

    Author : Martin Paucar; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Differential diagnosis of familial chorea encompasses Huntington’s disease along with a group of conditions referred to as Huntington’s disease-like (HDL). One such HDL is an inherited prion disorder (IPD) caused by pathological insertions of 8 additional OPRIS in the prion protein gene (PRNP). READ MORE

  7. 10. Immunomodulation of cytokine and chemokine production in animal models of neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disorders

    Author : Nagat Abbas Ahmed M Gadeh EL Dum; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Experimental autoimmune neuritis (EAN) is a CD4+ T cell-mediated autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system (PNS) that can be actively induced in susceptible animal species and strains by active immunization with heterogeneous peripheral nerve myelin or its component P2 or PO proteins or their peptides emulsified in Freund's complete adjuvant. EAN represents an animal model for studying the immunopathogenesis and therapy of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS ) which is a major inflammatory demyelinating disease of the PNS in humans. READ MORE