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 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410070

Confabulation: A Guide for Mental Health Professionals

Jerrod Brown, Deb Huntley, Stephen Morgan, Kimberly D Dodson and Janina Cich

Article Type: Review Article | First Published: December 22, 2017

Confabulation is the creation of false memories in the absence of intentions of deception. Individuals who confabulate have no recognition that the information being relayed to others is fabricated. Confabulating individuals are not intentionally being deceptive and sincerely believe the information they are communicating to be genuine and accurate....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410069

Glycilated Hemoglobin and Cognitive Impairment

Jana Binder, Agnies Marczak and Georg Adler

Article Type: Research Article | First Published: November 03, 2017

Hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus have been shown to have a negative impact on cognitive performance in older adults. In order to assess the relevance of this effect in memory clinic patients, we examined the relationship between hyperglycemia and cognition in an unselected out-patient sample....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410068

Perceptions of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) among School Superintendents in the State of Minnesota

Jerrod Brown, Donald Helmstetter, Diane Harr and Jeff Louie

Article Type: short review article | First Published: November 02, 2017

Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) offer unique challenges in school and other settings. As such, administrators such as district superintendents, many of whom make recommendations for long-term suspensions or expulsion, need to be prepared to work with students with FASD. This requires familiarity with FASD screening, knowledge of FASD intervention and teaching strategies, and possession of a plan for referring these students for additional assistance....

 Open Access DOI:10.23937/2378-3001/1410067

Nuclear Localization of Apolipoprotein E4: A New Trick for an Old Protein

Troy T Rohn and Zachary D Moore

Article Type: Mini Review | First Published: July 31, 2017

One of the most important genetic risk factors for late-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is harboring the APOE4 allele. Much is known regarding the functions of the ApoE4 protein including cholesterol transport in the CNS and a critical role in clearing beta-amyloid deposits in the AD brain....

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