2025/2026 - Neurology Essentials - Subtypes and variants of dementia

This presentation provides an overview of dementia, including its definition, prevalence, major types, diagnostic evaluation, and distinguishing clinical features. It highlights Alzheimer’s disease as the most common cause of dementia and reviews its staging, neuroimaging patterns, biomarkers, and available treatment options, including symptomatic therapies and emerging immunotherapies. The presentation also covers other degenerative and non-degenerative dementias such as Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, vascular dementia, Parkinson’s dementia, rapidly progressive dementias, and normal pressure hydrocephalus, along with key diagnostic tools and management strategies.

Target Audience

  • Physicians
  • Physician Assistant

Learning Objectives

Learners will be able to:

  • Identify the common types of dementia and their distinguishing clinical and imaging features.
  • Describe the diagnostic workup for dementia, including laboratory studies, neuroimaging, and biomarker testing.
  • Explain current treatment approaches for dementia, including pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and emerging immunotherapy options.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 Participation
Course opens: 
02/18/2026
Course expires: 
06/30/2026
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Speaker(s)

Jacob Sambursky, MD

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Moderator(s)

Muhammad Saeed, Bcom

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Peer Reviewer(s)

Jiaying Zhang, M.D.

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 Participation
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