 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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.380 F03.615.400
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| 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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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.
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| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2007 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2011 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2014 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2015 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2018 | 10 | 3 | 13 | | 2019 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2020 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2022 | 13 | 1 | 14 | | 2023 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2024 | 14 | 3 | 17 | | 2025 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Martin D, Lyons J, Powers JD, Daddato AE, Boxer RS, Bayliss E, Portz JD. Systematic Identification of Caregivers of Patients Living With Dementia in the Electronic Health Record: Known Contacts and Natural Language Processing Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 05; 27:e63654.
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Coogan PF, Delp L, Hicks JN, Hill-Jarrett TG, Ortiz K, James BD, Bailey Z, Barnes LL, Rosenberg L. Neighborhood disadvantage and the incidence of dementia in US Black women. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e70125.
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Green AR, Rosado RQ, Daddato AE, Wec A, Gleason K, McPhail TT, Merrey J, Weffald L, Swarthout M, Feeser S, Boyd CM, Wolff JL, Blinka MD, Bayliss EA, Boxer RS. Aligning Medications With What Matters Most: Conversations Between Pharmacists, People With Dementia, and Care Partners. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Apr; 73(4):1189-1197.
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Wanigatunga AA, Dong Y, Jin M, Leroux A, Cui E, Zhou X, Zhao A, Schrack JA, Bandeen-Roche K, Walston JD, Xue QL, Lindquist MA, Crainiceanu CM. Moderate-to-Vigorous Physical Activity at any Dose Reduces All-Cause Dementia Risk Regardless of Frailty Status. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2025 Mar; 26(3):105456.
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Rivers C, Ramirez Gomez L, Hanson LC, Ritchie CS, Fischer SM, Mino I, Chavez Granados H, Lynch M, Lum HD. Convening Hispanic/Latino Caregiving Advisors for Inclusive Research in Dementia Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):484-491.
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Baik D, Centi S, Schmiege SJ. Association Between a Family Caregiver's Relationship to Persons With Dementia and Cardiovascular Disease by Race and Ethnicity: A Secondary Analysis of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Data. West J Nurs Res. 2025 03; 47(3):178-189.
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Green AR, Boyd CM, Rosado RQ, Daddato AE, Gleason KS, Taylor McPhail TE, Blinka MD, Schoenborn NL, Wolff JL, Bayliss EA, Boxer RS. Improving How Caregivers of People Living With Dementia Are Identified in the Electronic Health Record: Qualitative Study and Exploratory Chart Review. JMIR Aging. 2024 Dec 13; 7:e59584.
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Tanabe J, Lim MF, Dash S, Pattee J, Steach B, Pressman P, Bettcher BM, Honce JM, Potigailo VA, Colantoni W, Zander D, Thaker AA. Automated Volumetric Software in Dementia: Help or Hindrance to the Neuroradiologist? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Nov 07; 45(11):1737-1744.
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Ashendorf L, Withrow S, Gavett BE. The Neuropsychological Assessment Battery Driving Scenes Test in a Dementia Clinic. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2024 Oct 25; 39(7):872-880.
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Knoepke CE, Meza K, Portz JD, Ranney ML, Fisher SM, Omeragic F, Greenway E, Castaneda M, Matlock DD, Betz ME. Whether and how to store firearms in the home: Qualitative insights from care partner experiences in the Safety in Dementia Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Feb; 73(2):379-388.
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