Advanced cerebral amyloid angiopathy and small vessel disease are associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease

Audun Osland Vik-Mo; János Bencze; Clive Ballard; Tibor Hortobágyi; Dag Aarsland

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2018-318445

Advanced cerebral amyloid angiopathy and small vessel disease are associated with psychosis in Alzheimer's disease

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2019 Jun;90(6):728-730. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318445. Epub 2018 Jul 27.

Authors

Audun Osland Vik-Mo^{1

2}, János Bencze³, Clive Ballard⁴, Tibor Hortobágyi^{5

6}, Dag Aarsland^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway auvikmo@gmail.com.
² Centre for Age-Related Diseases (SESAM), Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
³ Division of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
⁴ University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.
⁵ MTA-DE Cerebrovascular and Neurodegenerative Research Group, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
⁶ Institute of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
⁷ Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College, London, UK.

PMID: 30054314
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318445

No abstract available

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; cerebral amyloid angiopathy; delusions; dementia; hallucinations; longitudinal; neuropathology; neuropsychiatric symptoms; small vessel disease; vascular disease.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease / pathology
Alzheimer Disease / psychology*
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / pathology
Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy / psychology*
Female
Humans
Lewy Body Disease / pathology
Lewy Body Disease / psychology*
Male
Psychotic Disorders / etiology*
Psychotic Disorders / pathology*