Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Posterior cortical atrophy. Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD). [1][2][3] The disease causes atrophy of the posterior part of the cerebral cortex, resulting in the progressive disruption of complex ...
Medical condition Dementia with Lewy bodies Other names Diffuse Lewy body disease, dementia due to Lewy body disease Microscopic image of a Lewy body (arrowhead) in a neuron of the substantia nigra ; scale bar=20 microns (0.02 mm) Specialty Neurology, psychiatry Symptoms Dementia, abnormal behavior during REM sleep, fluctuations in alertness, visual hallucinations, parkinsonism Usual onset ...
Neuroplasticity is the process by which neurons adapt to a disturbance over time, and most often occurs in response to repeated exposure to stimuli. [27] Aerobic exercise increases the production of neurotrophic factors [note 1] (e.g., BDNF, IGF-1, VEGF) which mediate improvements in cognitive functions and various forms of memory by promoting blood vessel formation in the brain, adult ...
The science community has known that exercise helps prevent dementia, but now they finally know why. A newly published study from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany, followed 60 participants ...
A posterior vitreous detachment (PVD) is a condition of the eye in which the vitreous membrane separates from the retina. [1] It refers to the separation of the posterior hyaloid membrane from the retina anywhere posterior to the vitreous base (a 3–4 mm wide attachment to the ora serrata). The condition is common for older adults; over 75% of ...
2 per 100,000 per year [4] Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), previously known as pseudotumor cerebri and benign intracranial hypertension, is a condition characterized by increased intracranial pressure (pressure around the brain) without a detectable cause. [2] The main symptoms are headache, vision problems, ringing in the ears, and ...
Wernicke encephalopathy (WE), also Wernicke's encephalopathy, [1] or wet brain is the presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves, in particular thiamine (vitamin B 1). [2] The condition is part of a larger group of thiamine deficiency disorders that ...
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease involving the gradual deterioration and death of specific volumes of the brain. [2][3] The condition leads to symptoms including loss of balance, slowing of movement, difficulty moving the eyes, and cognitive impairment. [2] PSP may be mistaken for other types of ...