Types of dementia

Online

Overview of the types of dementia
www.mind.org.uk/Information/Booklets/Understanding/Understanding+dementia.htm

Dementia reference book for healthcare professionals
(Taubman Library online access)
www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1& bookid=39818
Cayton, H. et al,. (1997). Alzheimer's at your fingertips: the comprehensive dementia reference book for the year 2000. London : Class Publishers.

Vascular Disease Dementia case study, risk factors, & MRI results
www.dcmsonline.org/jax-medicine/2000journals/February2000/vascdement.htm, then go to “Dementia and Vascular Disease,” Arvanitakis, Z. (2002, February). Dementia and Vascular Disease. Jacksonville Medicine.

Subcortical Dementia vs. Cortica clinical presentation http://bjp.rcpsych.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/cgi/reprint/180/2/148
Turner, M., Moran,N., & Kopelman, M. (2002). Subcortical Dementia. British Journal of Psychiatry, 180, 148-151.

Journals

Types of dementia, neurocognitive exam, and differential diagnosis
Vicioso, B. (2002). Dementia: When is it not alzheimer's disease? American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 324(2), 84-95.

Overview including Economic impact, Diagnosis, Pathology, Genetics, & Treatment Cummings, J.L., Cole, G. (2002). Alzheimer disease. JAMA, 287(18), 2335-2338.

Snowden, J.S., Bathgate, A., Varma, A., Blackshaw, A., Gibbons, Z.C., Neary, D. (2001). Distinct behavioural profiles in frontotemporal dementia and semantic dementia. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry, 70, 323-332.

Genetics

Online

Alzheimer's and GENETICS, fact sheet by Alzheimer’s Association in Washington DC area
www.alz-nca.org/aboutalz/genetics.asp

Journals

Goate, A.M. (1997). Molecular genetics of Alzheimer’s disease. Geriatrics, 52(S2), S9-S12.

Van der Cammen, T.J.M., Croes, E.A., Dermaut, B., De Jager, M., Cruts, M., Van Broeckhoven, C., Van Duijn, C.M. (2004). Genetic testing has no place as a routine diagnostic test in sporadic and familial cases of Alzheimer’s disease. The American Geriatrics Society, 52, 2110-2113.

Research & Treatment News

Online

Easy to understand general information, Medline literature search for abstracts, FAQ's and a Dementia Quiz, News and Research Updates
www.dementia.com , go to About Dementia

Research updates by American Health Assistance Foundation
www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adwhtnew_home_page.htm

Progress Research report by National Institute on Aging & National Institute of Health 2003
www.alzheimers.org/pr03/2003_Progress_Report_on_AD.pdf

Lectures, Congress reports and Dementia Specialist Interviews about dementia
www.ttmed.com/dementia, then go to Health Professionals

Periodical on-line journal with Alzheimer's-focused research findings
http://www.alzheimer-insights.com

Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation, up to date stories about Alzheimer's Disease related to latest research and medication treatmentswww.alzinfo.org/news/treatment.aspx

Journal

Seshadri, S. et al. (2002, February 14). Plasma homocysteine as a risk factor for dementia and alzheimer’s disease. The New England Journal of Medicine.