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Switching cholinesterase inhibitors in older adults with dementiaFadi Massoud
Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal CHUM, Hopital Notre Dame, Service de Geriatrie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Int Psychogeriatr 23:372-8. 2011..These agents differ in their individual mechanisms of action and pharmacokinetic properties. Switching ChEIs can be a reasonable option in cases of intolerance or lack of clinical benefit...
Pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer diseaseFadi Massoud
Internist Geriatrician, Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Hopital Notre Dame, Montreal, Quebec
Can J Psychiatry 56:579-88. 2011..To review the different pharmacological approaches to the cognitive, functional, and behavioural manifestations of Alzheimer disease (AD)...
The nature of episodic memory deficits in MCI with and without vascular burdenSylvia Villeneuve
Research Center, Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Neuropsychologia 49:3027-35. 2011..Overall, results indicate that the presence of vascular burden in MCI is associated with selective impairment of strategic memory processes...
[Alzheimer Disease]Fadi Massoud
Hopital Notre Dame, Service de Geriatrie, 1560, Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Québec H2L 2M1
Can Fam Physician 53:50-4. 2007..Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. There have been many advances in the pharmacological treatment of AD in recent years. This article discusses 2 of these advances: vascular prevention and a new molecule, memantine...
A retrospective study of cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease: cerebrovascular disease as a predictor of patient outcomesClaudie Charbonneau
Centre hospitalier de l Université de Montréal Research Center Hôtel Dieu, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Curr Med Res Opin 24:3287-94. 2008..It is unclear whether treatment with cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs), which has been found to slow disease progression in AD patients, has similar benefits in vascular forms of dementia...
Mild cognitive impairment subcategories depend on the source of normsGeneviève Arsenault-Lapierre
Bloomfield Centre for Research on Aging, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research, Sir B Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 33:596-603. 2011..In general, local norms were more stringent than published norms. We discuss the implications of these results for MCI diagnosis and categorization...
The profile of executive functioning in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: disproportionate deficits in inhibitory controlErin K Johns
1Department of Psychology Centre for Research in Human Development, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:541-55. 2012..jins, 2012, 18, 541-555)...
The role of functional assessment as an outcome measure in antidementia treatmentFadi Massoud
Service de Geriatrie, Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal, Hopital Notre Dame, Montreal, QC, Canada
Can J Neurol Sci 34:S47-51. 2007..There are no functional scales specifically designed for assessment of subjects with non-AD cognitive impairment. Scales specifically developed for Mild Cognitive Impairment and other dementias are needed...
Update on the pharmacological treatment of Alzheimer's diseaseFadi Massoud
Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Centre Hospitalier de l Universite de Montreal CHUM, Hopital Notre Dame, Service de Geriatrie, 1560 Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Quebec, H2L 4M1
Curr Neuropharmacol 8:69-80. 2010..Finally, it will introduce future therapeutic options currently under study...
