Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly. Approximately 10% of people over age 65 have Alzheimer’s disease; about 50% of people over age 85 have the disease. Delirium, or acute confusion, is caused by an underlying disease and isn’t itself a cause of ...
Elderly committing suicide can be in a "preclinical phase" of dementia. Depressive symptoms may indicate a risk to develop a disease of dementia, for example Alzheimer's Disease. Today almost 10% of the Swedish population older than 65 years suffer from a cognitive impairment diagnosed as ...
Sometimes, depression is an early warning of dementia while other times cognitive impairment can cause depressed mood. As the brain becomes more impaired during dementia, focusing on tasks and doing activities grow progressively more difficult, Dr. Skillicorn says. Because they require increased effort...
Elderly committing suicide can be in a "preclinical phase" of dementia. Depressive symptoms may indicate a risk to develop a disease of dementia, for example Alzheimer's Disease. Today almost 10% of the Swedish population older than 65 years suffer from a cognitive impairment diagnosed as dementi...
Cerebrovascular lesions, mainly lacunes and white matter ischemia, are common in elderly patients with dementia. Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia, after Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, lacunar strokes have become an important factor in the clinical expression ...
In conclusion, VaD may be the most underdiagnosed and undertreated form of dementia in the elderly. 机译:老年痴呆患者常见脑血管病变,主要是腔隙和白质缺血。血管性痴呆(VaD)是继阿尔茨海默氏病(AD)之后的第二大最常见的痴呆病因。然而,腔隙性中风已成为AD临床表达的重要因素。同样,基于人群的研究表明,血管...
DLB – the second most common cause of degenerative dementia in the elderly after Alzheimer's – had previously suffered from adultADHD" says lead author Dr Angel Golimstok. "This was more than three times the 15 per cent rate found in both the control group and the group with Alzheimer'...
Alzheimer’s disease: this is most common cause of dementia.Brain cells are surrounded an abnormal protein and internal structure also damaged.In time chemical connection are between brain cells are lost and some cells die. Symptoms may include difficulties with find right words,solving problems,maki...
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) represents the second commonest cause of dementia in the elderly following Alzheimer's disease (AD). Whilst the presence of... AB Singleton,A Wharton,KK O'Brien,... - 《Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders》 被引量: 101发表: 2002年 The acetylcholinesterase...
The molecular pathology of Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people, and the fourth most common cause of death in developed nations. Clinically... D Yates,DM Mcloughlin - 《Psychiatry-interpersonal & Biological Processes》 被引量: 635...