Different pharmacological responses in late-life depression with subsequent dementia: a case supporting the reserve threshold theory

Psychogeriatrics. 2017 Nov;17(6):500-501. doi: 10.1111/psyg.12251. Epub 2017 Mar 23.

Authors

Tatsuo Akechi^{1

2}, Megumi Suzuki¹, Nobuhiko Hashimoto¹, Takahiro Yamada¹, Atsuro Yamada¹, Shutaro Nakaaki^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive-Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.
² Division of Palliative Care and Psycho-oncology, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Yagoto Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.

PMID: 28332247
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12251

No abstract available

Keywords: acetylcholinesterase inhibitors; cognitive impairment; dementia; late-life depression reserve threshold theory.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Cholinesterase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Cognitive Reserve / physiology*
Dementia, Vascular / diagnosis
Dementia, Vascular / drug therapy*
Dementia, Vascular / physiopathology
Depression / diagnosis
Depression / drug therapy*
Depression / physiopathology
Donepezil
Female
Humans
Indans / therapeutic use
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Piperidines / therapeutic use
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Antidepressive Agents
Cholinesterase Inhibitors
Indans
Piperidines
Donepezil