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The Role of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Research Diagnostic Criteria for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Cummings, Jeffrey·2021·The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Neuropsychiatric syndromes and symptoms play increasingly important roles in research diagnostic criteria for neurodegenerative disorders. Diagnostic criteria were reviewed including those for dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, mild behavioral impairment, prodromal Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, traumatic encephalopathy syndrome, Huntington' disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerorsis. All contemporary research diagnostic criteria for neurodegenerative disorders expect those for Parkinson's disease, primary progressive aphasia, multisystem atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis include neuropsychiatric phenomena as core diagnostic criteria. There are no disease-specific neuropsychiatric symptoms; apathy and disinhibition are common in tauopathies, and rapid-eye-movement sleep behavioral disorder occurs almost exclusively in synucleinopathies. Neuropsychiatric symptoms and syndromes are increasingly integrated into research diagnostic criteria for neurodegenerative disorders; they require clinician skills for recognition; their biology is better understood as their relationships to cognitive, motor, and autonomic symptoms of neurodegenerative disorders are studied.

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Authors
Cummings, J.
Affiliations
Cleveland Clinic (US)
Corresponding author
Cummings, Jeffrey
Venue
The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-04
Volume
29
Issue
4
Pages
375-383
ISSN
1064-7481 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3044579069
Cited by
96
References
55
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 21 · 2024: 28 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 1
FWCI
1.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • National Institute on Aging
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
neuropsychiatric symptoms, neuropsychiatric syndromes, Research Diagnostic Criteria, neurodegenerative diseases, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, prodromal Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, traumatic encephalopathy syndrome, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, apathy, disinhibition, REM sleep behavior disorder, tauopathy, synucleinopathies
MeSH terms
Dementia, Humans, Neuropsychological Tests, Parkinson Disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tauopathies, Cognitive Dysfunction

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