"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 | 20 | 9 | 29 |
| 1996 | 18 | 4 | 22 |
| 1997 | 23 | 4 | 27 |
| 1998 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 1999 | 17 | 7 | 24 |
| 2000 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2001 | 31 | 5 | 36 |
| 2002 | 30 | 7 | 37 |
| 2003 | 43 | 8 | 51 |
| 2004 | 51 | 11 | 62 |
| 2005 | 51 | 17 | 68 |
| 2006 | 57 | 10 | 67 |
| 2007 | 86 | 11 | 97 |
| 2008 | 68 | 21 | 89 |
| 2009 | 62 | 19 | 81 |
| 2010 | 45 | 24 | 69 |
| 2011 | 56 | 16 | 72 |
| 2012 | 51 | 20 | 71 |
| 2013 | 68 | 14 | 82 |
| 2014 | 67 | 11 | 78 |
| 2015 | 52 | 15 | 67 |
| 2016 | 69 | 23 | 92 |
| 2017 | 99 | 17 | 116 |
| 2018 | 86 | 24 | 110 |
| 2019 | 119 | 23 | 142 |
| 2020 | 120 | 17 | 137 |
| 2021 | 132 | 12 | 144 |
| 2022 | 159 | 3 | 162 |
| 2023 | 147 | 3 | 150 |
| 2024 | 157 | 34 | 191 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Dementia" by people in Profiles.
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Non-Pharmacological Interventions for People With Dementia Who Live Alone: A Systematic Review. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 Mar; 40(3):e70059.
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Risk of Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Soon After Leaving Incarceration Among a US Veteran Population. Neurology. 2025 Mar 25; 104(6):e213423.
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Independent associations of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride levels with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Feb; 21(2):e14575.
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A Live Video Resiliency Dyadic Intervention for Persons With Dementia and Their Care-Partners Early After Diagnosis: Protocol for Open Pilot of Resilient Together for Dementia. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Jan 15; 14:e60382.
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Hearing loss, diet, and cognitive decline: interconnections for dementia prevention. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2025 Mar; 12(3):100052.
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Wildfire Smoke Exposure and Incident Dementia. JAMA Neurol. 2025 Jan 01; 82(1):40-48.
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Delirium-like symptomatology in community-dwelling older adults with dementia. Psychogeriatrics. 2025 Jan; 25(1):e13226.
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Psoriasis and dementia: A population-based matched cohort study of adults in England. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2025 Feb; 12(2):393-404.
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Recombinant zoster vaccine and the risk of dementia. Vaccine. 2025 Feb 06; 46:126673.
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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.