Diego Ghianda

TL;DR: Data suggest that living alone, patient’s functional impairment, severity of dementia, and caregiver”s burden were independent predictors of institutionalization.

TL;DR: The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of the PAINAD in the Italian version as a reliable tool for measuring pain in demented people.

TL;DR: It is suggested that COMT polymorphism influences on the risk of psychosis since the early stages, and claims for the possibility to identify distinct phenotypes on genetic basis among AD patients are made.

TL;DR: These findings contradict earlier assumptions on the treatment of Parkinson disease that a decrease in cholinergic function may balance with dopaminergic loss, and therefore an increase in cholinesterase function might worsen parkinsonism.

TL;DR: High climate temperature could have a negative impact on behavior in demented patients and the possible mechanisms of the negative impact of high climate temperature on behavior are proposed.