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Researchers have defined new criteria for a memory loss condition in older adults that is often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, which could help doctors better diagnose the syndrome.
An estimated 6.5 million Americans age 65 and up are living with Alzheimer's disease. The progressive disease is devastating and can cause symptoms ranging from memory loss to seizures, according ...
Antidepressants are common culprits. But sometimes the cause of memory lapses is inside your head because of how your brain is aging. As you get older, your brain gets “noisier.”. It’s like ...
Steroid dementia syndrome. Steroid dementia syndrome describes the signs and symptoms of hippocampal and prefrontal cortical dysfunction, such as deficits in memory, attention, and executive function, induced by glucocorticoids. [ 1] Dementia-like symptoms have been found in some individuals who have been exposed to glucocorticoid medication ...
Transient global amnesia ( TGA) is a neurological disorder whose key defining characteristic is a temporary but almost total disruption of short-term memory with a range of problems accessing older memories. A person in a state of TGA exhibits no other signs of impaired cognitive functioning but recalls only the last few moments of ...
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities. This typically involves problems with memory, thinking, behavior, and motor control. [ 10]
The difference in memory between normal aging and a memory disorder is the amount of beta-amyloid deposits, hippocampal neurofibrillary tangles, or amyloid plaques in the cortex. If there is an increased amount, memory connections become blocked, memory functions decrease much more than what is normal for that age and a memory disorder is ...
Robby Berman. June 14, 2024 at 11:39 AM. A new study demonstrates that depression may worsen memory decline, but one condition may also exacerbate the other. Greg Schmigel/ Stocksy. It has long ...