“An MRI can help in excluding other diseases,” Sachdev says. Because Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease can cause ...

There are many causes of dementia, the most common form being Alzheimer's disease, where memory loss is the most prominent feature. Lewy body dementia contains both Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD) ...

Who is at risk for Lewy body dementia? Age is considered the biggest risk factor for the disease. Most cases have no known trigger, although a handful of gene mutations can predispose someone to LBD.

This Centre’s research aims to address the cause, cure, care, and prevention of Lewy body dementia. By considering all elements of the disease, this Centre will pave the way for new treatments that ...

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common neurodegenerative ... Due to the well-known cholinergic deficit in this disease, Mori and colleagues (2012) explored the use of a cholinesterase ...

In a new study, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has been associated with the deposition of amyloid-β in the brain. According to Edison and colleagues, these results indicate that most patients ...