Volume 73, Issue 4 / 2020 Online

REVIEW ARTICLES
A Narrative Review of Handgrip Strength and Cognitive Functioning: Bringing a New Characteristic to Muscle Memory
Shaughnessy, Keith A. | Hackney, Kyle J. | Clark, Brian C. | Kraemer, William J. | Terbizan, Donna J. | Bailey, Ryan R. | McGrath, Ryan

Neuroimaging in Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: A Systematic Review
Frantellizzi, Viviana | Pani, Arianna | Ricci, Maria | Locuratolo, Nicoletta | Fattapposta, Francesco | De Vincentis, Giuseppe

RESEARCH ARTICLES
Forgetting Rates on the Recency Portion of a Word List Predict Conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Disease
Turchetta, Chiara Stella | De Simone, Maria Stefania | Perri, Roberta | Fadda, Lucia | Caruso, Giulia | De Tollis, Massimo | Caltagirone, Carlo | Carlesimo, Giovanni Augusto

Loss of Functional Dentition is Associated with Cognitive Impairment
Han, Ji Hyun | Lee, Hyo-Jung | Han, Ji Won | Suh, Seung Wan | Lee, Ju Ri | Byun, Seonjeong | Kim, Keun Suh | Kim, Sung Yeol | Lee, Jung-Tae | Yoo, Eunha | et al.

β-Lactolin, a Whey-Derived Lacto-Tetrapeptide, Prevents Alzheimer’s Disease Pathologies and Cognitive Decline – Open Access
Ano, Yasuhisa | Ohya, Rena | Takaichi, Yuta | Washinuma, Terukatsu | Uchida, Kazuyuki | Takashima, Akihiko | Nakayama, Hiroyuki

Brain Volume Predicts Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Alzheimer’s Disease
Boublay, Nawele | Bouet, Romain | Dorey, Jean-Michel | Padovan, Catherine | Makaroff, Zaza | Fédérico, Denis | Gallice, Isabelle | Barrellon, Marie-Odiled | et al.

Ultra-High Field MRI in Alzheimer’s Disease: Effective Transverse Relaxation Rate and Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping of Human Brain In Vivo and Ex Vivo compared to Histology
Tuzzi, Elisa | Balla, David Z. | Loureiro, Joana R.A. | Neumann, Manuela | Laske, Christoph | Pohmann, Rolf | Preische, Oliver | Scheffler, Klaus | Hagberg, Gisela E.

The GSM BPN-15606 as a Potential Candidate for Preventative Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease
Prikhodko, Olga | Rynearson, Kevin D. | Sekhon, Travis | Mante, Mike M. | Nguyen, Phuong D. | Rissman, Robert A. | Tanzi, Rudolph E. | Wagner, Steven L.

Aluminum and Amyloid-β in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease – Open Access (View Press Release)
Mold, Matthew | Linhart, Caroline | Gómez-Ramírez, Johana | Villegas-Lanau, Andrés | Exley, Christopher

Quantitative Mass Spectrometric Assay of Whole and CNBr-Cleaved Amyloid-β Peptides in Human Brain
Furman, Ran | Ng, Sharon C.W. | Komatsu, Hiroaki | Axelsen, Paul H.

Can Lithium Halt Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease?

A team of researchers at McGill University has shown that, when given in a formulation that facilitates passage to the brain, lithium in doses up to 400 times lower than what is currently being prescribed for mood disorders is capable of both halting signs of advanced Alzheimer's pathology such as amyloid plaques and of recovering lost cognitive abilities.

Read the full press release here

View the full study: NP03, a Microdose Lithium Formulation, Blunts Early Amyloid Post-Plaque Neuropathology in McGill-R-Thy1-APP Alzheimer-Like Transgenic Rats