Speech and language markers of neurodegeneration: a call for global equity

AM García, J de Leon, BL Tee, DE Blasi… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In the field of neurodegeneration, speech and language assessments are useful for
diagnosing aphasic syndromes and for characterizing other disorders. As a complement to …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers of neurodegeneration across the Global South

E McGlinchey, C Duran-Aniotz, R Akinyemi… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Research on neurodegenerative diseases has predominantly focused on high-income
countries in the Global North. This Series paper describes the state of biomarker evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Genuine high-order interactions in brain networks and neurodegeneration

R Herzog, FE Rosas, R Whelan, S Fittipaldi… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain functional networks have been traditionally studied considering only interactions
between pairs of regions, neglecting the richer information encoded in higher orders of …

Classification of Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia using routine clinical and cognitive measures across multicentric underrepresented samples: a …

MA Maito, H Santamaría-García… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Global brain health initiatives call for improving methods for the diagnosis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) in underrepresented …

The BrainLat project, a multimodal neuroimaging dataset of neurodegeneration from underrepresented backgrounds

P Prado, V Medel, R Gonzalez-Gomez… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat) has released a unique
multimodal neuroimaging dataset of 780 participants from Latin American. The dataset …

Model-based whole-brain perturbational landscape of neurodegenerative diseases

YS Perl, S Fittipaldi, CG Campo, S Moguilner, J Cruzat… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The treatment of neurodegenerative diseases is hindered by lack of interventions capable of
steering multimodal whole-brain dynamics towards patterns indicative of preserved brain …

Toolkit to Examine Lifelike Language (TELL): An app to capture speech and language markers of neurodegeneration

AM García, F Johann, R Echegoyen… - Behavior research …, 2024 - Springer
Automated speech and language analysis (ASLA) is a promising approach for capturing
early markers of neurodegenerative diseases. However, its potential remains …

A task force for diagnosis and treatment of people with Alzheimer's disease in Latin America

F Lopera, N Custodio, M Rico-Restrepo… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a substantial burden to patients, their caregivers,
health systems, and society in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This impact is …

Systematic review: fluid biomarkers and machine learning methods to improve the diagnosis from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease

K Blanco, S Salcidua, P Orellana… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2023 - Springer
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is often considered an early stage of dementia, with
estimated rates of progression to dementia up to 80–90% after approximately 6 years from …

Promoting diversity and overcoming publication barriers in Latin American neuroscience and Alzheimer's disease research: A call to action

MV Lourenco, WV Borelli… - … Research & Clinical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a global health issue. Because AD is a condition demanding
effective management, its socioeconomic burden is immense and threatens the health …