"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Hypertension control and risk of age-associated dementia in people with HIV infection. AIDS. 2025 Jan 01; 39(1):85-90.
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Stakeholder-informed pragmatic trial protocol of the TabCAT-BHA for the detection of cognitive impairment in primary care. BMC Prim Care. 2024 Aug 06; 25(1):286.
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Visual Impairment, Eye Conditions, and Diagnoses of Neurodegeneration and Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jul 01; 7(7):e2424539.
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Levels of procoagulant factors and peak thrombin generation in relation to dementia risk in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Thromb Res. 2024 Mar; 235:148-154.
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Herpes zoster diagnosis and treatment in relation to incident dementia: A population-based retrospective matched cohort study. PLoS One. 2024; 19(1):e0296957.
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Ethical Aspects of Physician Decision-Making for Deprescribing Among Older Adults With Dementia. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02; 6(10):e2336728.
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Metformin Cessation and Dementia Incidence. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 10 02; 6(10):e2339723.
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Glycemic Control Over Multiple Decades and Dementia Risk in People With Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA Neurol. 2023 06 01; 80(6):597-604.
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Expanding the ethnographic toolkit: Using medical documents to include kinless older adults living with dementia in qualitative research. J Aging Stud. 2023 Jun; 65:101140.
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Incident Atrial Fibrillation and Risk of Dementia in a Diverse, Community-Based Population. J Am Heart Assoc. 2023 03 21; 12(6):e028290.