Lewy body disease
Disease3 papers5 findingsMeSH D020961
- Humans3
Effects
1Cognitive function
downin humans1
1 study
Cognitive function
downin humans1
Lewy body disease impairs cognitive function in humans (β 3.03, 95% CI: 1.93-4.14).
Humansbrain
Lewy body disease tracks with cognitive decline and psychosis · Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 27 Sep 2026
Associations
4Nocturnal disturbances
upin humans1OR 2.25
1 study
Nocturnal disturbances
upin humans1OR 2.25
Lewy body disease is associated with nocturnal disturbances in humans (OR 2.25, 95% CI: 1.13-4.47).
Humansbrain
Lewy body disease tracks with cognitive decline and psychosis · Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 27 Sep 2026
Delusions
upin humans1OR 2.79
1 study
Delusions
upin humans1OR 2.79
Lewy body disease raises the risk of delusions in humans (OR 2.79, 95% CI: 1.61-4.82).
Humansbrain
Lewy body disease tracks with cognitive decline and psychosis · Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 27 Sep 2026
Hallucinations
upin humans1OR 3.87
1 study
Hallucinations
upin humans1OR 3.87
Lewy body disease raises the risk of hallucinations in humans (OR 3.87, 95% CI: 2.27-6.61).
Humansbrain
Lewy body disease tracks with cognitive decline and psychosis · Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 27 Sep 2026
Mineralized blood vessels
downin humans1
1 study
Mineralized blood vessels
downin humans1
Lewy body disease is associated with mineralized blood vessels in humans.
Humansin Alzheimer disease decedentsposterior hippocampus and globus pallidus
Mineralized brain vessels vary by region in Alzheimer disease · Neurobiology of aging · 3 Sep 2026
Latest
3Multimodal PET and MRI predict dementia with Lewy bodies
Combined occipito-parietal cortex pathology and striatal dopamine loss predicted conversion to dementia with Lewy bodies with a sub-distribution…Combined occipito-parietal cortex pathology and striatal dopamine loss predicted conversion to dementia with Lewy bodies with a sub-distribution hazard ratio of 38.68.
Mineralized brain vessels vary by region in Alzheimer disease
In an autopsy study of 265 decedents, vessel mineralization appeared in 58.3% of globus pallidus samples, 28.6% of posterior hippocampus samples, and…In an autopsy study of 265 decedents, vessel mineralization appeared in 58.3% of globus pallidus samples, 28.6% of posterior hippocampus samples, and 13.8% of putamen samples.
Lewy body disease tracks with cognitive decline and psychosis
Lewy body disease prevalence rose from 0.7% in individuals younger than 50 to 20.0% in those aged 90 and older across 2,480 autopsied human brains.Lewy body disease prevalence rose from 0.7% in individuals younger than 50 to 20.0% in those aged 90 and older across 2,480 autopsied human brains.