Marianne's paper gathered lots of media coverage. Her study compounding data from 36 research centres in 16 countries to have a representative sample of PCA has been featured by UCSF, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Daily Mail, Newsweek, and Medical News Today.
Impressive last work from Marianne as a postdoc at UCSF, now medical liasion at LMI. Keep it up Marianne!
 may have important implications for Alzheimer’s treatment. PCA patients struggle with visual impairments like judging distances, distinguishing between moving and stationary objects and completing tasks like writing and retrieving a dropped item. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/01/426986/could-bizarre-visual-symptoms-be-telltale-sign-alzheimers 12:38 https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/01/23/alzheimers-disease-vision-problems-pca/ Washington PostWashington Post For some Alzheimer’s patients, vision problems may be an early warning The unusual early symptoms mean that patients may go years before receiving a correct diagnosis of posterior cortical atrophy, Alzheimer’s researchers say. Jan 23rd (160 kB) https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/01/23/alzheimers-disease-vision-problems-pca/ 12:38 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/01/26/vision-problems-alzheimers-disease-study/72364499007/ USA TODAYUSA TODAY Vision problems could be key to early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, study shows A neurodegenerative disease that impairs vision is linked to Alzheimer's, but is often overlooked. It could lead to early diagnosis in some patients. (443 kB) https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/01/26/vision-problems-alzheimers-disease-study/72364499007/ 12:38 https://www.newsweek.com/alzheimers-neuroscientists-weird-vision-symptom-1863694 NewsweekNewsweek Neuroscientists reveal weird vision problems as early Alzheimer's symptom The symptom was more reliable at predicting Alzheimer's disease than memory loss. Jan 24th (573 kB) https://www.newsweek.com/alzheimers-neuroscientists-weird-vision-symptom-1863694 12:38 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12997935/Doctors-discover-bizarre-visual-symptoms-telltale-sign-Alzheimers.html){kind=link}