Lewy Body

An international research team led by Prof Vincenzo Bonifati (Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC Rotterdam) has discovered for the first time variants in a gene linked to familial forms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), Parkinson’s disease Dementia (PDD), and Dementia… Continue Reading

Elena Moro (EM): As incoming co-chair of the Scientific Panel “Neuroimaging” can you briefly introduce yourself and your specific field of expertise to the EANpages readers. Irina Rektorova (IR): I am neurologist at the Department of Neurology, University hospital and School of Medicine in Brno, Czech Republic, Head of the Centre for Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, and Head of the Applied Neuroscience Research Group at Central European Institute of Technology (CEITEC), Masaryk University in Brno.

by Reinhold Schmidt Longitudinal population-based studies have provided important information on the prevalence and incidence of dementia and it´s subtypes in the general population However, such studies consider incident dementia as an endpoint because their design is not suited to… Continue Reading