Unmet Needs in Pharmacological Treatment of Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease: A Systematic Review.

What it found

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Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Managing Apathy in Older Adults with Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Brain sciences · 2026
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2. The Effort-Based Forage Task: An Ethological Behavioral Test for Assessing Motivation and Apathy-Related Behavior in Mice.Current protocols · 2025
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3. A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Interventions for Apathy in Aging Neurocognitive Disorders.Brain sciences · 2023
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4. [Effect of Virtual Reality Program for Alleviating Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia Patients].Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing · 2022
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5. Pharmacological Management of Apathy in Dementia.CNS drugs · 2022
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6. The Effect of Reminiscence Therapy Using Virtual Reality on Apathy in Residential Aged Care: Multisite Nonrandomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021
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7. Virtual reality intervention to improve apathy in residential aged care: protocol for a multisite non-randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2021
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8. Prevalent, persistent, and impairing: Longitudinal course and impact of apathy in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2021
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9. Revisiting Apathy in Alzheimer's Disease: From Conceptualization to Therapeutic Approaches.Behavioural neurology · 2021
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Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

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Abstract

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