Months after actor and comedian Robin Williams took his own life in August 2014, autopsy results revealed he had a ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) affects more than 1 million ... muscle rigidity and slowed walking with a shuffling gait, she explains. Mood changes are also common, and a person with LBD will often ...

Department of Neuropathology, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, London, UK. The Lewy body is a distinctive neuronal inclusion that is always found in the substantia nigra and other specific ...

Department of Neuropathology, National Hospitals for Nervous Diseases, Maida Vale, London, UK. Seven patients, aged 65-72 years, are described with dementia and cortical Lewy bodies. In one patient a ...

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The UCL Dementia Research Centre is pleased to offer a non-clinical PhD studentship in Lewy body dementia starting October 2025, as part of the UK Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network (LBD-DTN ...

dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, and frontotemporal lobar degenerations. Patients are assessed for gait, frontal signs, signs of parkinsonism, signs of focal or lateralized lesions ...

In patients with gait dysfunction, skin biopsy was positive in 67% of the cases ... AD, Alzheimer’s Disease; CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; DI, drug-induced parkinsonism; DLB, dementia with Lewy ...

Detailed data will be presented at the International Lewy Body Dementia Conference (ILBDC) in January 2025.

dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia, and the frontotemporal lobar degenerations. The following are assessed or elicited: gait, frontal lobe signs, signs of parkinsonism, certain neuro ...