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Review
. 2020 Sep 6;6(1):e12016.
doi: 10.1002/trc2.12016. eCollection 2020.

Agitation and impulsivity in mid and late life as possible risk markers for incident dementia

Daniel R Bateman  1   2 , Sascha Gill  3 , Sophie Hu  4 , Erin D Foster  5   6 , Myuri T Ruthirakuhan  7   8 , Allis F Sellek  9 , Moyra E Mortby  10   11 , Veronika Matušková  12   13 , Kok Pin Ng  14 , Rawan M Tarawneh  15 , Yvonne Freund-Levi  16   17 , Sanjeev Kumar  18   19 , Serge Gauthier  20 , Paul B Rosenberg  21 , Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira  22 , D P Devanand  23 , Clive Ballard  24 , Zahinoor Ismail  3   4   25 ; International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment (ISTAART), Neuropsychiatric Syndromes Professional Interest Area (NPS‐PIA)
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Review

Agitation and impulsivity in mid and late life as possible risk markers for incident dementia

Daniel R Bateman et al. Alzheimers Dement (N Y). .

Abstract

To identify knowledge gaps regarding new-onset agitation and impulsivity prior to onset of cognitive impairment or dementia the International Society to Advance Alzheimer's Research and Treatment Neuropsychiatric Syndromes (NPS) Professional Interest Area conducted a scoping review. Extending a series of reviews exploring the pre-dementia risk syndrome Mild Behavioral Impairment (MBI), we focused on late-onset agitation and impulsivity (the MBI impulse dyscontrol domain) and risk of incident cognitive decline and dementia. This scoping review of agitation and impulsivity pre-dementia syndromes summarizes the current biomedical literature in terms of epidemiology, diagnosis and measurement, neurobiology, neuroimaging, biomarkers, course and prognosis, treatment, and ongoing clinical trials. Validations for pre-dementia scales such as the MBI Checklist, and incorporation into longitudinal and intervention trials, are needed to better understand impulse dyscontrol as a risk factor for mild cognitive impairment and dementia.

Keywords: MBI; agitation; disinhibition; impulse dyscontrol; impulsivity; mild behavioral impairment; pre‐dementia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Daniel Bateman: No conflicts of interest; Sascha Gill: No conflicts of interest; Sophie Hu: No conflicts of interest; Erin Foster: No conflicts of interest; Myuri Ruthirakuhan: No conflicts of interest; Allis Sellek: No conflicts of interest; Moyra Mortby: No conflicts of interest; Veronika Matušková: No conflicts of interest; Kok Pin Ng: No conflicts of interest; Rawan Tarawneh: No conflicts of interest; Yvonne Freund‐Levi: No conflicts of interest; Sanjeev Kumar: No conflicts of interest; Serge Gauthier serves as a member of scientific advisory board of Biogen, Lundbeck, and TauRx; Paul Rosenberg: No conflicts of interest; Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira serves as a Healthcare Council Member for Gerson Lehrman Group; Devangere Devanand serves as a member of the scientific advisory board for Acadia, BXcel, Genentech, Grifols, and Corium; Clive Ballard reports receiving research grants from Acadia, and honoraria from Acadia, Lundbeck, Lilly, Otusaka, Orion, Bristol Myer Squibb, Esai, and Pfizer pharmaceutical companies; Zahinoor Ismail reports research funding, consulting fees, and honoraria from Janssen, Lundbeck, and Otsuka.

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PRISMA Flow Diagram
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Cytokine, Neuroendocrine and Immune System Associations with Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease
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