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Anna Di Prima
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Systemic Immune Responses in Alzheimer's Disease: In Vitro Mononuclear Cell Activation and Cytokine Production
2010
To investigate the systemic signs of immune-inflammatory responses in Alzheimer's disease (AD), in the present study we have analyzed blood lymphocyte subsets and the expression of activation markers on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from AD patients and age-matched healthy controls (HC) activated in vitro by recombinant amyloid-beta peptide (rAbeta42). Our study of AD lymphocyte subpopulations confirms the already described decrease of the absolute number and percentage of B cells when compared to HC lymphocytes, whereas the other subsets are not significantly different in patients and controls. We report the increased expression of the activation marker CD69 and of the chemoki…
Combination of intensive cognitive rehabilitation and donepezil therapy in Alzheimer's disease (AD).
2009
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (AchEIs) are extensively used in Alzheimer's disease (AD) while reality orientation therapy (ROT) is a cognitive rehabilitation indicated for mentally deteriorated patients. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of the combination of donepezil with an intensive ROT with active participation of the caregiver. Patients with AD (n=100, mean age 78.4±4.3 years) initiated treatment with donepezil, 5mg/day; 62 of them underwent a 3-week, daily ROT and physical reactivation training with the caregiver (Group A); 38 participants received only donepezil therapy (Group B). All subjects were tested for cognitive and functional abilities at baseline, at the end of the traini…
LA DOMOTICA A FAVORE DEGLI ANZIANI
2008
I LUOGHI DELLA CURA E DEL MORIRE: REPARTO DI GERIATRIA: TRE ANNI DI ATTIVITÀ
2006
MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT (MCI): LA ZONA GRIGIA
2008
Ruolo del gene PNPLA3 nella suscettibilità genetica della suscettibilità genetica della steatosi epatica
RIABILITAZIONE NEUROMOTORIA NELLA M. DI PARKINSON: CONDIZIONAMENTO SENSORIALE
2006
MALATTIA DI PARKINSON: FATTORI AMBIENTALI E GENETICI
2007
TORRE DI LONDRA: DEMENZA FRONTO-TEMPORALE E DISTURBO DELL’ UMORE
2008
PSEUDODEMENZA, DEPRESSIONE E DEMENZA
2008
DEPRESSIONE, ANZIANI E PSICOTERAPIA
2007
NECESSITÀ DEL RICOVERO IN RSA IN ALCUNI PAZIENTI CON DEMENZA DI ALZHEIMER. CASO CLINICO
2008
CORRELAZIONE TRA DEMENZA E DEPRESSIONE. Studio su 60 pazienti ambulatoriali
2007
Variations in the volatile compounds of a Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) variety grown in a semi-arid Mediterranean environment
2005
Fennel is an industrial source of anethole but, recently, further interest has came from the suggested possibility of many industrial uses of this plant. The volatile substances from the seeds of fennel grown in Sparacia (Cammarata - AG - Sicily; 37° 38' N; 13° 46' E) have been investigated and compared on a statistical base with previously reported data. The variety grown in Sparacia fall into the "high fenchone" chemovariety. The substances alpha-toluene, alpha-terpinene, beta-phellandrene + limonene and camphene appear the components most sensitive to environment and grow condition modifications. Fennel is an industrial source of anethole but, recently, further interest has come from the…