Dementia
Letter to the Editor: The Click-through Rate as a Measure of Dementia Health Promotion on YouTube
Dear Editor: Social media platforms are increasingly used to disseminate health promotion and patient education.1–5 Impressions click-through rate (CTR) is the number of clicks on a health promotion and/or patient education ad, divided by the times the ad was shown on a social media platform. A recent study explored the practicality of Facebook advertising to […]
Outcomes Assessment in Clinical Trials of Alzheimer’s Disease and its Precursors: Readying for Short-term and Long-term Clinical Trial Needs
by Holly Posner, MD, MS; Rosie Curiel, PsyD; Chris Edgar, PhD; Suzanne Hendrix, PhD; Enchi Liu, PhD; David A. Loewenstein, PhD; Glenn Morrison, MSc, PhD; Leslie Shinobu, PhD; Keith Wesnes, BSc, PhD, FSS, CPsychol, FBPsS; and Philip D. Harvey, PhD Dr. Posner is with Pfizer Inc., New York, New York; Drs. Curiel, Loewenstein, and Harvey […]
Performance-based and Observational Assessments in Clinical Trials Across the Alzheimer’s Disease Spectrum
by Philip D. Harvey, PhD; Stephanie Cosentino, PhD; Rosie Curiel, PhD; Terry E. Goldberg, PhD; Jeffrey Kaye, MD; David Loewenstein, PhD; Daniel Marson, PhD, JD; David Salmon, PhD; Keith Wesnes, PhD; and Holly Posner, MD Drs. Harvey, Curiel, and Loewenstein are with the University of Miami Leonard Miller School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miami, Florida; […]
Assessment of Cognitive and Neurologic Recovery in Ischemic Stroke Drug Trials: Results from a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study
by Franco Di Cesare, MD; Jessica Mancuso, PhD; Brian Silver, MD; and Peter T. Loudon, PhD Dr. Di Cesare is with Leoben Research Limited in Glasgow, UK; Dr. Mancuso is with Research Statistics at Pfizer in Groton, Connecticut, USA; Dr. Silver is with Rhode Island Hospital and Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode […]
Differential Diagnoses: Delirium or Dementia?
by Steven Lippmann, MD, and Malathi Latha Perugula, MD The authors are from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(9–10):56–57. This column series compares neurological conditions that pose differential challenges in diagnoses. Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. […]
Fahr’s Disease or Fahr’s Syndrome?
by Malathi Latha Perugula, MD, and Steven Lippmann, MD The authors are from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(7–8):45–46. This column series compares neurological conditions that pose differential challenges in diagnoses. Funding: No funding was provided for the preparation of this article. […]
The Neuroscience Report—Vol. 43 (June 25, 2016): Medical Marijuana in Neuroscience
The latest in neuroscience—sorted and summarized for you Welcome to The Neuroscience Report where each week we will highlight a specific topic in neuroscience and provide you with links to 5 journal articles, 5 news articles, and 5 wildcard picks. Brought to you by Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience—your source for peer-reviewed, evidence-based information. This week’s […]
A Case of Transient Global Amnesia: A Review and How It May Shed Further Insight into the Neurobiology of Delusions
by David R. Spiegel, MD; Aidan L. McCroskey, MD; and Branden A. Deyerle, MD All with the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(3–4):32–41. Funding: No funding was received for the preparation of this manuscript. Financial disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to […]
Letter to the editor: Diagnosing Disorder of Consciousness: The Opening of Pandora’s Box!
Dear Editor: Consciousness is a multifaceted concept that has two major components: awareness of environment of self (i.e., the content of consciousness) and wakefulness (i.e., the level of consciousness). Whereas the level of arousal reflects the overall state of activity in the brain, conscious awareness is a more dynamic and complex process involving various cerebral […]
Quetiapine-induced Bradycardia and Hypotension in the Elderly—A Case Report
by Masaru Nakamura, MD, PhD; Megumi Seki, MD; Yosuke Sato, MD; and Takahiko Nagamine, MD, PhD Dr. Nakamura is with the Department of Psychiatric Internal Medicine, Dr. Seki is with the Department of Internal Medicine, and Dr. Satoh is with the Department of Psychiatry, Kosekai-Kusatsu Hospital, Hiroshima; and Dr. Nagamine is with the Department of […]
