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Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings - A representative "older old" population study (2017)
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Fleming, J., Calloway, R., Perrels, A., Farquhar, M., Barclay, S., Brayne, C., …Zhao, E. (2017). Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings - A representative "older old" population study. BMC Geriatrics, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-017-0605-2

Background: Comfort is frequently ranked important for a good death. Although rising numbers of people are dying in very old age, many with dementia, little is known about symptom control for "older old" people or whether care in different settings e... Read More about Dying comfortably in very old age with or without dementia in different care settings - A representative "older old" population study.

Trends in the incidence of dementia: design and methods in the Alzheimer Cohorts Consortium (2017)
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Chibnik, L. B., Wolters, F. J., Bäckman, K., Beiser, A., Berr, C., Bis, J. C., …Hofman, A. (2017). Trends in the incidence of dementia: design and methods in the Alzheimer Cohorts Consortium. European Journal of Epidemiology, 32(10), 931-938. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-017-0320-5

Several studies have reported a decline in incidence of dementia which may have large implications for the projected burden of disease, and provide important guidance to preventive efforts. However, reports are conflicting or inconclusive with regard... Read More about Trends in the incidence of dementia: design and methods in the Alzheimer Cohorts Consortium.

Neuropsychological profiles of vascular disease and risk of dementia: Implications for defining vascular cognitive impairment no dementia (VCI-ND) (2017)
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Stephan, B. C. M., Minett, T., Muniz-Terrera, G., Harrison, S. L., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2017). Neuropsychological profiles of vascular disease and risk of dementia: Implications for defining vascular cognitive impairment no dementia (VCI-ND). Age and ageing, 46(5), 755-760. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx016

Background: vascular cognitive impairment no dementia (VCI-ND) defines a preclinical phase of cognitive decline associated with vascular disorders. The neuropsychological profile of VCI-ND may vary according to different vascular conditions. Objectiv... Read More about Neuropsychological profiles of vascular disease and risk of dementia: Implications for defining vascular cognitive impairment no dementia (VCI-ND).

Micro-scale environment and mental health in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (CFAS II) (2017)
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Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A., Barnes, L. E., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2017). Micro-scale environment and mental health in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (CFAS II). Journal of affective disorders, 218, 359-364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2017.05.001

Background Poor micro-scale environmental features, such as graffiti and broken windows, have been associated with crime and signs of social disorder with a potential impact on mental health. The aim of this study is to investigate the association be... Read More about Micro-scale environment and mental health in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (CFAS II).

Potential Value of Impaired Cognition in Stroke Prediction: A U.K. Population-Based Study (2017)
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Stephan, B. C., Richardson, K., Savva, G. M., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & Hachinski, V. (2017). Potential Value of Impaired Cognition in Stroke Prediction: A U.K. Population-Based Study. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 65(8), 1756-1762. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14878

Objectives: To determine whether the association between impaired cognition and greater risk of incident stroke is also observed when cognitive impairment is defined using different criteria for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Design: Prospective co... Read More about Potential Value of Impaired Cognition in Stroke Prediction: A U.K. Population-Based Study.

Changes over time in the health and functioning of older people moving into care homes: Analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2017)
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Green, I., Stow, D., Matthews, F. E., & Hanratty, B. (2017). Changes over time in the health and functioning of older people moving into care homes: Analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Age and ageing, 46(4), 693-696. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afx046

Background: the number of people requiring care home support is projected to rise in future years, but little information is available on the needs of new care home residents.Objective: to measure the health and functioning of people moving into care... Read More about Changes over time in the health and functioning of older people moving into care homes: Analysis of data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

The Built Environment and Cognitive Disorders: Results From the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II (2017)
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Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2017). The Built Environment and Cognitive Disorders: Results From the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 53(1), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.11.020

Introduction Built environment features have been related to behavior modification and might stimulate cognitive activity with a potential impact on cognitive health in later life. This study investigated cross-sectional associations between features... Read More about The Built Environment and Cognitive Disorders: Results From the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study II.

The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence (2017)
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Wu, Y. T., Beiser, A. S., Breteler, M. M., Fratiglioni, L., Helmer, C., Hendrie, H. C., …Brayne, C. (2017). The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence. Nature Reviews Neurology, 13(6), 327-339. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2017.63

Dementia is an increasing focus for policymakers, civil organizations and multidisciplinary researchers. The most recent descriptive epidemiological research into dementia is enabling investigation into how the prevalence and incidence are changing o... Read More about The changing prevalence and incidence of dementia over time-current evidence.

Preserved cognitive functions with age are determined by domain-dependent shifts in network responsivity (2017)
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Samu, D., Campbell, K. L., Tsvetanov, K. A., Shafto, M. A., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., …Tyler, L. K. (2017). Preserved cognitive functions with age are determined by domain-dependent shifts in network responsivity. Nature communications, 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14743

Healthy ageing has disparate effects on different cognitive domains. The neural basis of these differences, however, is largely unknown. We investigated this question by using Independent Components Analysis to obtain functional brain components from... Read More about Preserved cognitive functions with age are determined by domain-dependent shifts in network responsivity.

Metaflammasome components in the human brain: a role in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology? (2017)
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Taga, M., Minett, T., Classey, J., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., Ince, P. G., …Boche, D. (2017). Metaflammasome components in the human brain: a role in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology?. Brain Pathology, 27(3), 266-275. https://doi.org/10.1111/bpa.12388

Epidemiological and genetic studies have identified metabolic disorders and inflammation as risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Evidence in obesity and type-2 diabetes suggests a role for a metabolic inflammasome (“metaflammasome”) in mediatin... Read More about Metaflammasome components in the human brain: a role in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology?.

Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study (2017)
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Lipnicki, D. M., Crawford, J. D., Dutta, R., Thalamuthu, A., Kochan, N. A., Andrews, G., …Sachdev, P. S. (2017). Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002261

Background: The prevalence of dementia varies around the world, potentially contributed to by international differences in rates of age-related cognitive decline. Our primary goal was to investigate how rates of age-related decline in cognitive test... Read More about Age-related cognitive decline and associations with sex, education and apolipoprotein E genotype across ethnocultural groups and geographic regions: a collaborative cohort study.

Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data (2017)
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van Bussel, E. F., Richard, E., Arts, D. L., Nooyens, A. C., Coloma, P. M., de Waal, M. W., …Moll van Charante, E. P. (2017). Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002235

Background: Recent reports have suggested declining age-specific incidence rates of dementia in high-income countries over time. Improved education and cardiovascular health in early age have been suggested to be bringing about this effect. The aim o... Read More about Dementia incidence trend over 1992-2014 in the Netherlands: Analysis of primary care data.

Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study (2017)
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Clare, L., Wu, Y. T., Teale, J. C., MacLeod, C., Matthews, F., Brayne, C., & Woods, B. (2017). Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study. PLoS Medicine, 14(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002259

Background: Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors may influence cognitive health in later life and offer potential to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. The concept of cognitive reserve has been proposed as a mechanism to explain i... Read More about Potentially modifiable lifestyle factors, cognitive reserve, and cognitive function in later life: A cross-sectional study.

Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies (2017)
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Davis, D. H., Muniz-Terrera, G., Keage, H. A., Stephan, B. C., Fleming, J., Ince, P. G., …Oinas, M. (2017). Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies. JAMA Psychiatry, 74(3), 244-251. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3423

Importance: Delirium is associated with accelerated cognitive decline. The pathologic substrates of this association are not yet known, that is, whether they are the same as those associated with dementia, are independent, or are interrelated. Object... Read More about Association of delirium with cognitive decline in late life: A neuropathologic study of 3 population-based cohort studies.

Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy (2017)
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van der Linde, R. M., Matthews, F. E., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (2017). Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 32(3), 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.4464

Objective: To study the stability and emergence of a range of behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS), their association with mortality and the effect of covariates on these transitions in a population-based study of cognitively impaired older p... Read More about Patterns and persistence of behavioural and psychological symptoms in those with cognitive impairment: the importance of apathy.

Age-related delay in visual and auditory evoked responses is mediated by white-and grey-matter differences (2017)
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Price, D., Tyler, L. K., Neto Henriques, R., Campbell, K. L., Williams, N., Treder, M. S., …Villis, L. (2017). Age-related delay in visual and auditory evoked responses is mediated by white-and grey-matter differences. Nature communications, 8, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15671

Slowing is a common feature of ageing, yet a direct relationship between neural slowing and brain atrophy is yet to be established in healthy humans. We combine magnetoencephalo-graphic (MEG) measures of neural processing speed with magnetic resonanc... Read More about Age-related delay in visual and auditory evoked responses is mediated by white-and grey-matter differences.