"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dementia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dementia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 1996 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 1997 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 2021 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Exploring brain health awareness and dementia risk in young adults: A focus group study. Public Health. 2025 Feb; 239:179-184.
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Clinical criteria for limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Jan; 21(1):e14202.
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Structural inequality linked to brain volume and network dynamics in aging and dementia across the Americas. Nat Aging. 2025 Feb; 5(2):259-274.
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Next generation brain health: transforming global research and public health to promote prevention of dementia and reduce its risk in young adult populations. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2024 Dec; 5(12):100665.
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Risk of Common Neurological Disorders in Adult Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2024 11 04; 30(11):2195-2204.
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Lower activity of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and the risk of dementia: a Mendelian randomization analysis. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2024 Oct 16; 16(1):228.
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Caring for dementia caregivers: How well does social risk screening reflect unmet needs? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Jan; 73(1):63-73.
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Parallel electrophysiological abnormalities due to COVID-19 infection and to Alzheimer's disease and related dementia. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Oct; 20(10):7296-7319.
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Brain clocks capture diversity and disparities in aging and dementia across geographically diverse populations. Nat Med. 2024 Dec; 30(12):3646-3657.
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Managing medications among individuals with mild cognitive impairment and dementia: Patient-caregiver perspectives. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Oct; 72(10):3011-3021.