Dementia

"Dementia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.

Descriptor ID	D003704
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
Concept/Terms	Dementia Dementia Dementias Amentia Amentias Senile Paranoid Dementia Senile Paranoid Dementia Dementias, Senile Paranoid Paranoid Dementia, Senile Paranoid Dementias, Senile Senile Paranoid Dementias Familial Dementia Familial Dementia Dementia, Familial Dementias, Familial Familial Dementias

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Dementia [C10.228.140.380]
Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Mental Disorders [F03]
Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
Dementia [F03.615.400]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 121 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	0	1
2002	4	1	5
2003	1	0	1
2004	3	2	5
2005	6	0	6
2006	6	0	6
2007	3	0	3
2008	5	1	6
2009	4	0	4
2010	3	2	5
2011	4	1	5
2012	6	0	6
2013	1	0	1
2014	6	1	7
2015	1	1	2
2016	5	0	5
2017	9	0	9
2018	5	1	6
2019	2	1	3
2020	7	0	7
2021	3	1	4
2022	5	1	6
2023	5	0	5
2024	6	1	7
2025	3	1	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.

Park SY, Setiawan VW, Crimmins EM, White LR, Haiman CA, Wilkens LR, Le Marchand L, Lim U. Dietary patterns and risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias across 5 racial and ethnic groups in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2025 Oct; 122(4):923-931.

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Windon CC, Gatsonis C, Carrillo MC, Romanoff J, Hanna L, Glavin E, Gareen I, Gutman R, Hillner BE, March A, O'Bryant S, Rissman RA, Siegel BA, Smith K, Whitmer RA, Weber CJ, Wilkins CH, Dilworth-Anderson P, Rabinovici GD. Amyloid PET and clinical management in a diverse, cognitively impaired population: The New IDEAS Study. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jul; 21(7):e70504.

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Wang W, Davis PB, Qi X, Gurney M, Perry G, Volkow ND, Kaelber DC, Xu R. Associations of semaglutide with Alzheimer's disease-related dementias in patients with type 2 diabetes: A real-world target trial emulation study. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Aug; 106(4):1509-1522.

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Mozersky J, Dimtsu Assfaw A, Balls Berry JE, Moulder KL, Denny A, Aranda M, Asthana S, Babulal G, Berry B, Boyd A, Buchwald D, Croff R, Flatt J, Gabel M, Gleason CE, Glover CM, Green-Harris G, Hudson D, Jackson J, Johnson DK, Medina L, Mendez S, O'Bryant S, Park VT, Parker MW, Petty D, Stites SD, Streitz ML, Ushe M, Wilkins CH, Zuelsdorff M, Morris JC. Enhancing participation of historically minoritized groups in Alzheimer disease and related dementias research: National Conference Report. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 May; 21(5):e70168.

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McCarthy MJ, Remiker M, Garcia YE, Williamson HJ, Baldwin J. Cultural Factors Predict Positive Caregiving Appraisal Among Racially and Ethnically Diverse Dementia Family Caregivers. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2025 Apr; 68(3):279-296.

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Udeh-Momoh CT, Maina R, Anazodo UC, Akinyemi R, Atwoli L, Baker L, Bassil D, Blackmon K, Bosire E, Chemutai G, Crivelli L, Eze LU, Ibanez A, Kafetsouli D, Karikari TK, Khakali L, Kumar M, Lengyel I, de Jager Loots CA, Mangialasche F, Mbugua S, Merali Z, Mielke M, Mostert C, Muthoni E, Nesic-Taylor O, Ngugi A, Nguku S, Ogunniyi A, Ogunyemi A, Okonkwo OC, Okubadejo N, Perneczky R, Peto T, Riang'a RM, Saleh M, Sayed S, Shah J, Shah S, Solomon A, Thesen T, Trepel D, Ucheagwu V, Valcour V, Waa S, Watermeyer T, Yokoyama J, Zetterberg H, Kivipelto M. Dementia risk reduction in the African context: Multi-national implementation of multimodal strategies to promote healthy brain aging in Africa (the Africa-FINGERS project). Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec; 20(12):8987-9003.

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Huo S, Rivier CA, Clocchiatti-Tuozzo S, Renedo D, Sunmonu NA, de Havenon A, Sarpong DF, Rosendale N, Sheth KN, Falcone GJ. Brain Health Outcomes in Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Results From the All of Us Research Program. Neurology. 2024 Oct 22; 103(8):e209863.

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Topouzis N, Kitayama K, Puran A, Yu F, Tseng VL, Coleman AL. Association of Open-Angle Glaucoma With Dementia in California Medicare Beneficiaries. Am J Ophthalmol. 2024 Dec; 268:165-173.

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Neale ZE, Fonda JR, Miller MW, Wolf EJ, Zhang R, Sherva R, Harrington KM, Merritt V, Panizzon MS, Hauger RL, Gaziano JM, Logue MW. Subjective cognitive concerns, APOE e4, PTSD symptoms, and risk for dementia among older veterans. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 06 29; 16(1):143.

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Miller MW, Wolf EJ, Zhao X, Logue MW, Hawn SE. An EWAS of dementia biomarkers and their associations with age, African ancestry, and PTSD. Clin Epigenetics. 2024 03 02; 16(1):38.

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