Category Archives: Forensic Neuropsychiatry
Risk factors for progression of brain atrophy in aging: six-year follow-up of normal subjects.
Neurology. 2005 May 24;64(10):1704-11. Risk factors for progression of brain atrophy in aging: six-year follow-up of normal subjects. Enzinger C1, Fazekas F, Matthews PM, Ropele S, Schmidt H, Smith S, Schmidt R. Author information Abstract OBJECTIVES: To determine the rate of brain atrophy in neurologically asymptomatic elderly … Continue reading
Variants in Antiviral Genes are Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline and Dementia.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2015 Apr 2. [Epub ahead of print] Variants in Antiviral Genes are Risk Factors for Cognitive Decline and Dementia. Licastro F1, Raschi E1, Carbone I1, Porcellini E1. Author information Abstract A gene association study of factors regulating antiviral response such as interferon … Continue reading
HSV and Alzheimer’s Dementia – first described 40 years ago.
Acta Virol. 1975 Nov;19(6):493-5. Search for herpetic antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid in senile dementia and mental retardation. Libíková H, Pogády J, Wiedermann V, Breier S. Abstract Complement-requiring neutralizing antibodies to herpes simplex type 1 virus (HSV 1) in titres from 2 to greater than 16 were … Continue reading
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.