Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Kukull WA, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Schellenberg GD, van Belle G, Jolley L, Larson EB. Dementia and Alzheimer disease incidence: a prospective cohort study. Arch Neurol. 2002;59(11):1737-46. PubMed

Pfeiffer EM, Kukull WA, Larson EB, McCormick WC, Bowen JB, Schellenberg G. Exploring the relationship between microtubule-associated protein TAU 9MAPT gene variation and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S323. PubMed

Moceri VM, Kukull WA, van Belle G, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. Anthropometric differences identified prior to clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S291. PubMed

Kukull WA, Lampinen T, Pfeiffer E, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Teri L, Yost M, Moceri V, Larson EB. Occupational factors and Alzheimer’s disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S6. PubMed

Crane P, van Belle G, Larson E. Utility of item response theory for predicting item sensitivity to change over time: Data from two large ongoing studies of cognitive function in older adults. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S36. PubMed

Cherrir M, Leverenz J, Tsuang D, Teri L, McCormick W, Bowen J, Kukull W, Larson E. Neuropsychological characterization of ad versus diffuse lewy body dementia (DLBD) versus lewy body variant of AD (LBVAD) in a community-based sample. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S29. PubMed

Bonher L, Tsuang D, Eugenio C, DiGincomo L, Raskind M, Leverenz J, Nochlin D, Bowen J, McCormick W, Larson E, Teri L, Kukull W. Dementia with lewy bodies in a community-based sample. Neurobiol Aging. 2002;23:S447. PubMed

Larson EB. Comments on article: Efficacy of galantamine in probable vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease combined with cerebrovascular disease: A randomised trial. [Lancet 359:1283-1290.] ACP J Club. 2002;137(3):102. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on: Galantamine improved cognition and global functioning in vascular dementia or Alzheimer disease with cerebrovascular disease. (Lancet 2002 Apr 13;359:1283-90), ACP J Club. 2002. PubMed

Unutzer J, Patrick DL, Marmon T, Simon GE, Katon WJ. Depressive symptoms and mortality in a prospective study of 2,558 older adults.  Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;10(5):521-30. PubMed

Wang L, Van Belle G, Kukull WB, Larson EB. Predictors of functional change: a longitudinal study of nondemented people aged 65 and older. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(9):1525-34. PubMed

Gibbons LE, van Belle G, Yang M, Brayne C, Huppert FA, Paykel E, Larson E. Cross-cultural comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination in United Kingdom and United States participants with Alzheimer’s disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;17(8):723-728. PubMed

Phelan EA, Larson EB. "Successful aging" - where next? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(7):1306-8. PubMed

McCormick WC, Ohata CY, Uomoto J, Young HM, Graves AB, Kukull W, Teri L, Vitaliano P, Mortimer JA, McCurry SM, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Similarities and differences in attitudes toward long-term care between Japanese Americans and Caucasian Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(6):1149-55. PubMed

McCurry SM, Gibbons LE, Bond GE, Rice MM, Graves AB, Kukull WA, Teri L, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Older adults and functional decline: a cross-cultural comparison.  Int Psychogeriatr. 2002;14(2):161-79. PubMed

Hernan MA, Checkoway H, O'Brien R, Costa-Mallen P, De Vivo I, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Kelsey KT, Ascherio A. MAOB intron 13 and COMT codon 158 polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and the risk of PD. Neurology. 2002;58(9):1381-7. PubMed

Kaplan RC, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Rosendaal FR, Furberg CD, Cooper LS, Psaty BM. Calcium channel blocker use and gastrointestinal tract bleeding among older adults. Age Ageing. 2002;31(3):217-218. PubMed

Teri L, Logsdon RG, McCurry SM. Nonpharmacologic treatment of behavioral disturbance in dementia.  Med Clin North Am. 2002;86(3):641-56, viii. PubMed

Edland SD, Tobe VO, Rieder MJ, Bowen JD, McCormick W, Teri L, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB, Nickerson DA, Kukull WA. Mitochondrial genetic variants and Alzheimer disease: a case-control study of the T4336C and G5460A variants. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2002;16(1):1-7. PubMed

Case K, McCormick WC, Young H, McCurry SM, Rice MM, Graves AB, Bowen JD, Kukull WA, Teri L, Larson EB. Reliability of self-reporting of nursing home use among Japanese American elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002. PubMed