SynthesisFrontiers in aging neuroscience2023
Neuropsychological differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia: a systematic review with meta-regressions.
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- Iron quantification in basal ganglia: quantitative susceptibility mapping as a potential biomarker for Alzheimer's disease - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Pooled it
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- Rising Comorbid Alzheimer's and Hypertension Mortality in Older Adults in the United States: Trends and Disparities From a 21-Year CDC WONDER Analysis (1999-2019).Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2026Article
- Towards a Multidimensional Model of Neurocognitive Disorders (MOND Model): Integrating Evidence from a Critical Review into a Model for Future Research.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
- Diagnostic utility of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III in differentiating Alzheimer's disease dementia, vascular dementia, and mixed dementia.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2026Article
- Effect of Environment on the Cognition of Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2026Review
- Cognitive tests distinguish biomarker-verified early Alzheimer's disease from other patients.BMC neurology · 2026Article
- The enigma of vascular dementia: current state and emerging perspectives.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- Using retinal diagnostics as a biomarker for neurodegenerative diseases: protocol for a systematic review.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Additive effects of cerebrovascular disease functional connectome phenotype and plasma p-tau181 on longitudinal neurodegeneration and cognitive outcomes.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
- Neuropsychology and Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.Neurologic clinics · 2024Review
- Neuropsychological Assessment for Early Detection and Diagnosis of Dementia: Current Knowledge and New Insights.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Introduction: Diagnostic classification systems and guidelines posit distinguishing patterns of impairment in Alzheimer's (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD). In our study, we aim to identify which diagnostic instruments distinguish them. Methods: We searched PubMed and PsychInfo for empirical studies published until December 2020, which investigated differences in cognitive, behavioral, psychiatric, and functional measures in patients older than 64 years and reported information on VaD subtype, age, education, dementia severity, and proportion of women. We systematically reviewed these studies and conducted Bayesian hierarchical meta-regressions to quantify the evidence for differences using the Bayes factor (BF). The risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa-Scale and funnel plots. Results: We identified 122 studies with 17,850 AD and 5,247 VaD patients. Methodological limitations of the included studies are low comparability of patient groups and an untransparent patient selection process. In the digit span backward task, AD patients were nine times more probable (BF = 9.38) to outperform VaD patients ( Conclusion: Our findings show inferior performance of AD in episodic memory and superior performance in working memory. We found little support for other differences proposed by diagnostic systems and diagnostic guidelines. The utility of cognitive, behavioral, psychiatric, and functional measures in differential diagnosis is limited and should be complemented by other information. Finally, we identify research areas and avenues, which could significantly improve the diagnostic value of cognitive measures.
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