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Integrative Therapy Postpones Cognitive Decline in Demented Depressed Patients: A Naturalistic 48 Months Follow-up Study

Valentin Bragin, MD, PhD(1), Marina Chemodanova, PhD, MEd(1), Ilya Bragin, MD(1), Narmina Dzhafarova, MD, DO(1), Irina Mescher, MD(1), Pavlo Chernyavskyy, BA(1), Gjumrakch Aliev, MD, PhD.(2)

(1) Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, New York, NY USA,
(2) School of Health Science and Healthcare Administration, University of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA

Poster presented at the 6th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Montreal, Canada, October 27-29, 2011

Combined Physical Exercises and Cognitive Training as a Part of the Rehabilitation Model in Alzheimer's Disease

Valentin Bragin M.D., PhD, Ilya Bragin M.D.
Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Poster presented at the 6th Canadian Conference on Dementia, Montreal, Canada, October 27-29, 2011

Rehabilitation Model for Alzheimer's Disease as a Combined Treatment Strategy to Postpone Cognitive Decline in Real Life, Depressed, Medically ill and Physically Disabled Patients

Valentin Bragin, M.D., Ph. D, Ilya Bragin M.D.
Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Poster presented at the 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Prague, Czech Republic, May 29 -June 2, 2011

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Mitochondrion-specific antioxidants as drug treatments for Alzheimer's disease

Palacios HH, Yendluri BB, Parvathaneni K, Shadlinski VB, Obrenovich ME, Leszek J, Gokhman D, Gasiorowski K, Bragin V, Aliev G. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2011 Mar;10(2):149-62.

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Oxidative Stress Induced Mitochondrial Failure and Vascular Hypoperfusion as a Key Initiator for the Development of Alzheimer's Disease

Gjumrakch Aliev, Hector H. Palacios, Eldar Gasimov, Mark E. Obrenovich, Ludis Morales, Jerzy Leszek, Valentin Bragin, Arturo Sols Herrera and Dmitry Gokhman. Pharmaceuticals 2010, 3, 158-187.

Nitric oxide as an initiator of brain lesions during the development of Alzheimer's disease

Aliev G, Palacios HH, Lipsitt AE, Fischbach K, Lamb BT, Obrenovich ME, Morales L, Gasimov E, Bragin V. Neurotox Res. 2009 Oct;16(3):293-305. Epub 2009 May 30.

A Computerized Memory Training Protocol for People with Depression and Cognitive Deficit

Valentin Bragin, M.D., PhD, Marina Chemodanova, PhD, MEd, Aysik Vaysman, M.D., PhD, Ilya Bragin BS, Eugene Grinayt, PhD Pavlo Chernyavskyy.

Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Poster presented at the IPA 14th International Congress in Montral, Canada. 2009 September 1-5

Preservation of Cognitive Functioning in Depressed, Demented Geriatric Patients with Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Ongoing 3 Year Naturalistic Study

Valentin Bragin, M.D., PhD, Marina Chemodanova, MEd, Narmina Dzhafarova D.O. M.D., Ilya Bragin,BS, Pavlo Chernyavskyy,BS, Gjumrakch Aliev, M.D., Ph.D.

Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.and Electron Microscopy Research Center, San Antonio, TX, USA

Poster presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, Vienna, Austria. 2009, July 11-16

Preservation of Learning Abilities in People with Dementia and Depression with Different Level of Cognitive Impairment

Valentin Bragin, M.D., PhD, Gjumrakch Aliev, M.D., PhD, Marina Chemodanova, PhD, MEd, Aysik Vaysman, M.D., PhD, Ilya Bragin, BS, Pavlo Chernyavskyy, BS, Eugene Grinayt, MS.

Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA and Electron Microscopy Research Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.

Poster presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease, Vienna, Austria. 2009, July 11-16

Assessment of Working Memory Profile (Words, Numbers, Shapes, Pictures and Textures) in Elderly Patients with Depression Utilizing the N-Back Task

Valentin Bragin, Marina Chemodanova, Aysik Vaysman, Ilya Bragin, Eugene Grinayt, Marina Ruditser.

Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Poster presented at the IPA 2008 European Meeting in Dublin, Ireland. 2008 April 8-11

Increase Caregiver's Participation in the Treatment of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Valentin Bragin, M.D., PhD, Katherine Bragin, LMSW, Marina Chemodanova, M.Ed., Ph.D., Leonid Katsov, MSW. Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Poster presented at the 15th Annual Dementia Care Conference, Chicago, IL. USA. 2007 August 26-29

Cognitive Performance Improves in Patient with Depression and Early Dementia During Four Years of Combined Treatment: A Case Study

Valentin Bragin, Marina Chemodanova, Narmina Dzhafarova, Ilya Bragin.

Stress Relief and Memory Training Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Poster at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Prevention of Dementia. Washington, D.C., USA. 2007, June 9 -12. P-016

Integrated treatment approach improves cognitive function in demented and clinically depressed patients

Bragin V, Chemodanova M, Dzhafarova N, Bragin I, Czerniawski JL, Aliev G. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2005 Jan-Feb;20(1):21-6.

Amyloid precursor protein in the cerebral cortex is rapidly and persistently induced by loss of subcortical innervation

Wallace W, Ahlers ST, Gotlib J, Bragin V, Sugar J, Gluck R, Shea PA, Davis KL, Haroutunian V. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1993 Sep 15;90(18):8712-6.

Increased biosynthesis of Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein in the cerebral cortex of rats with lesions of the nucleus basalis of Meynert

Wallace WC, Bragin V, Robakis NK, Sambamurti K, VanderPutten D, Merril CR, Davis KL, Santucci AC, Haroutunian V. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1991 May;10(2):173-8.

Blood oxygen transport in acute acid-base disturbances

Bragin V., Danilov E., Rusanov G., Shcherbakha N., Aleksandrvo V. Vestn Khirurgi Im I I Grekov. 1980: January. (124(1): 117-20) Russian.