Bengt Winblad

Association between mid-life marital status and cognitive function in later life : population based cohort study (2009)

Hakansson, Krister, Rovio, Suvi, Helkala, Eeva-Liisa, Vilska, Anna-Riitta, Winblad, Bengt, Soininen, Hilkka, ...

Objectives To evaluate whether mid-life marital status is related to cognitive function in later life. Design Prospective population based study with an average follow-up of 21 years. Setting Kuopio...

Association between mid-life marital status and cognitive function in later life : population based cohort study (2009)

Hakansson, Krister, Rovio, Suvi, Helkala, Eeva-Liisa, Vilska, Anna-Riitta, Winblad, Bengt, Soininen, Hilkka, ...

Objectives To evaluate whether mid-life marital status is related to cognitive function in later life. Design Prospective population based study with an average follow-up of 21 years. Setting Kuopio...

Relation of Education and Occupation-based Socioeconomic Status to Incident Alzheimer's Disease (2004)

Karp, Anita, Kåreholt, Ingemar, Qiu, Chengxuan, Bellander, Tom, Winblad, Bengt, Fratiglioni, Laura

In this study, the authors evaluated whether the association between low educational level and increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and dementia may be explained by occupation-based...

Cingulate cortex hypoperfusion predicts Alzheimer's disease in mild cognitive impairment (2002)

Huang, Chaorui, Wahlund, Lars-Olof, Svensson, Leif, Winblad, Bengt, Julin, Per

Abstract Background Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) was recently described as a heterogeneous group with a variety of clinical outcomes and high risk to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD). Regional...

Pharmacotherapy of Alzheimer's disease: is there a need to redefine treatment success? (2001)

Winblad, Bengt, Brodaty, Henry, Gauthier, Serge, Morris, John C., Orgogozo, Jean-Marc, Rockwood, Kenneth, ...

The traditional aim of Alzheimer's disease treatment in clinical trials has been to improve cognitive abilities. It has become increasingly clear, however, that other aspects are important in...

Apolipoprotein E Genotypes and the Incidence of Alzheimer's Disease among Persons Aged 75 Years and Older: Variation by Use of Antihypertensive Medication? (2001)

Guo, Zhenchao, Fratiglioni, Laura, Viitanen, Matti, Lannfelt, Lars, Basun, Hans, Fastbom, Johan, ...

The authors examined the impact of the apolipoprotein E (APOE)*ϵ4 allele on Alzheimer's disease incidence in relation to use of antihypertensive medication. A population-based (Kungsholmen...

Smoking and the Occurence of Alzheimer's Disease: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Data in a Population-based Study (1999)

Wang, Hui-Xin, Fratiglioni, Laura, Frisoni, Giovanni B., Viitanen, Matti, Winblad, Bengt

The authors tested the hypothesis that smoking exerts a protective effect on Alzheirmer's disease or dementia in a population-based cohort of 668 people aged 75–101 years (Sweden). Smoking was...

Mortality in Nondemented Subjects with Cognitive Impairment: The Influence of Health-related Factors (1999)

Frisoni, Giovanni B., Fratiglioni, Laura, Fastbom, Johan, Viitanen, Matti, Winblad, Bengt

Nondemented older subjects with cognitive impairment are at higher risk of death than are mentally intact persons. It is unknown whether the effect of cognitive impairment on mortality is independent...

Cognitive Impairment, Drug Use, and the Risk of Hip Fracture in Persons over 75 Years Old: A Community-based Prospective Study (1998)

Guo, Zhenchao, Wills, Phillippa, Viitanen, Matti, Fastbom, Johan, Winblad, Bengt

The authors examined the effects of cognitive function, as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination, and drug use on the incidence of hip fracture in a community-based Swedish population of...

Drug use by demented and non-demented elderly people (1997)

WILLS, PHILLIPA, CLAESSON, CECILIA B., FRATIGLIONI, LAURA, FASTBOM, JOHAN, THORSLUND, MATS, WINBLAD, BENGT

Aim: to determine the use of drugs by demented and non-demented elderly people in a population, by dementia status and type, age, sex and accommodation type. Method: data were obtained from the...

Blood Pressure and Performance on the Mini-Mental State Examination in the Very Old: Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Data from the Kungsholmen Project (1997)

Guo, Zhenchao, Fratiglioni, Laura, Winblad, Bengt, Viitanen, Matti

The authors examined the association of blood pressure with cognitive function as assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in a community-based Swedish cohort of 1,736 people aged...

Effects of low ampicillin concentrations on penicillin sensitive and {beta}-lactamase producing strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae (1979)

Elmros, Theodor, Holm, Stig, Kjellberg, Erik, Normark, Staffan, Winblad, Bengt

The effects of therapeutic concentrations of ampicillin on non-β-lactamase and β-lactamase producing strains of Neisserla gonorrhoeae were studied. A small but significant fraction of bacteria in a...

Alcohol drinking in middle age and subsequent risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age: a prospective population based study

Anttila, Tiia, Helkala, Eeva-Liisa, Viitanen, Matti, Kåreholt, Ingemar, Fratiglioni, Laura, Winblad, Bengt, ...

Objective To evaluate the relation between midlife alcohol consumption and mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age, and the possible modification of this relation by apolipoprotein E.

A unique gene expression signature discriminates familial Alzheimer's disease mutation carriers from their wild-type siblings

Nagasaka, Yosuke, Dillner, Karin, Ebise, Hayao, Teramoto, Reiji, Nakagawa, Hiroyuki, Lilius, Lena, ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an insidious onset and progressive course that inevitably leads to death. The current diagnostic tools do not allow for diagnosis until...

Alcohol drinking in middle age and subsequent risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age: a prospective population based study

Anttila, Tiia, Helkala, Eeva-Liisa, Viitanen, Matti, Kåreholt, Ingemar, Fratiglioni, Laura, Winblad, Bengt, ...

Objective To evaluate the relation between midlife alcohol consumption and mild cognitive impairment and dementia in old age, and the possible modification of this relation by apolipoprotein E.

A unique gene expression signature discriminates familial Alzheimer's disease mutation carriers from their wild-type siblings

Nagasaka, Yosuke, Dillner, Karin, Ebise, Hayao, Teramoto, Reiji, Nakagawa, Hiroyuki, Lilius, Lena, ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an insidious onset and progressive course that inevitably leads to death. The current diagnostic tools do not allow for diagnosis until...

Up-Regulation of Phosphorylated/Activated p70 S6 Kinase and Its Relationship to Neurofibrillary Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease

An, Wen-Lin, Cowburn, Richard F., Li, Lin, Braak, Heiko, Alafuzoff, Irina, Iqbal, Khalid, ...

The ribosomal S6 protein kinase p70 S6 kinase is known for its role in modulating cell-cycle progression, cell size, and cell survival. In response to mitogen stimulation, p70 S6 kinase activation...

Okadaic-Acid-Induced Inhibition of Protein Phosphatase 2A Produces Activation of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ERK1/2, MEK1/2, and p70 S6, Similar to That in Alzheimer’s Disease

Pei, Jin-Jing, Gong, Cheng-Xin, An, Wen-Lin, Winblad, Bengt, Cowburn, Richard F., Grundke-Iqbal, Inge, ...

In Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brain the activity of protein phosphatase (PP)-2A is compromised and that of the extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK1/2) of the mitogen-activated protein...

Assessment of Health Economics in Alzheimer's Disease (AHEAD): Treatment with Galantamine in Sweden

Frances B. Garfield, Denis Getsios, J. Jaime Caro, Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad

Background: Like other developed countries with aging populations, Sweden is expecting large increases in the prevalence of Alzheimer's disease and corresponding escalations in the cost of care for...

Resource Utilisation and Cost Analysis of Memantine in Patients with Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease

Anders Wimo, Bengt Winblad, Albrecht Stoffler, Yvonne Wirth, Hansjorg Mobius

Background: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating illness that causes enormous emotional stress to affected families and is associated with substantial medical and nonmedical costs. Objective: To...

Costs of Mini Mental State Examination-Related Cognitive Impairment

Linus Jonsson, Peter Lindgren, Anders Wimo, Bengt Jonsson, Bengt Winblad

Objective: To investigate the relationship between cognitive impairment, measured with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the cost of care. Design: The study uses data from the Kungsholmen...

The amyloid β-peptide is imported into mitochondria via the TOM import machinery and localized to mitochondrial cristae

Hansson Petersen, Camilla A., Alikhani, Nyosha, Behbahani, Homira, Wiehager, Birgitta, Pavlov, Pavel F., Alafuzoff, Irina, ...

The amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) has been suggested to exert its toxicity intracellularly. Mitochondrial functions can be negatively affected by Aβ and accumulation of Aβ has been detected in...