Neuropsychiatric Presentations of Dementia According to Age of Onset 

 
   Lead Investigator:    Brian Appleby
   Institution      :    Johns Hopkins
   E-Mail           :    applebyb77@yahoo.com
   Proposal ID      :    45


   Publications:


1  Ebner LL, Appleby B
   Neuropsychiatric Manifestations in Dementia: Difference Between Young Onset and Lat Onset Presentation
   Abstract  Alzheimers Dement,6:S341,2010,

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   Proposal Description:
   Examine prevalence and type of psychiatric symptoms by age of dementia onset.    Hypothesis: Early onset dementias present with neuropsychiatric symptoms more often than other dementias that develop later in life    Specific Aim #1: To establish the prevalence and type of neuropsychiatric symptoms at dementia presentation by age of onset    Specific Aim #2: To examine demographic and neuropsychological characteristics of patients who present with psychiatric symptoms at disease onset by age of onset    Specific Aim #3: To examine neuropathological features associated with patients who present with predominately psychiatric symptoms according to age of onset