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Vascular dementia; Other names: Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease; [1] Vascular cognitive impairment [2] Brain atrophy from vascular dementia: Specialty: Psychiatry, neurology Symptoms: Cognitive impairment, short-term memory loss [3] Complications: Heart disease, loss of ability to care for self and interact, pneumonia [4] Causes
Cognitive impairment, ataxia, slowness of movement, problems with language, bradyphrenia Binswanger's disease , also known as subcortical leukoencephalopathy and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy , [ 1 ] is a form of small-vessel vascular dementia caused by damage to the white brain matter . [ 2 ]
[39] [144] People with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (in which memory loss is the main symptom) may progress to AD, whereas those with non-amnestic mild cognitive impairment (which has more prominent impairments in language, visuospatial, and executive domains) are more likely to progress towards DLB. [145]
The essential features of HIV-associated dementia are disabling cognitive impairment accompanied by motor dysfunction, speech problems and behavioral change. [82] Cognitive impairment is characterised by mental slowness, trouble with memory and poor concentration. Motor symptoms include a loss of fine motor control leading to clumsiness, poor ...
Often shortened to MCI, this diagnosis is characterized by subtle yet noticeable changes in memory and cognitive ability, says Sarah McKay, PhD, a neuroscientist and author of The Women’s Brain ...
Screening for cognitive impairment in those over the age of 65 without symptoms is of unclear benefit versus harm as of 2020. [6] In a large population-based cohort study included 579,710 66-year-old adults who were followed for a total of 3,870,293 person-years (average 6.68 ± 1.33 years per person), subjective cognitive decline was significantly associated with an increased risk of ...
The study found that 15.3% of participants had mild cognitive impairment, and that women with mild cognitive impairment were more likely to report more severe menopause symptoms.
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