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Childhood dementia can significantly affect both parents and the affected child by causing anxiety, feelings of helplessness, profound grief, and a sense of loss as the child conditions continues to progress over time. Children with childhood dementias suffer severe sleep disturbances, movement disorders (e.g. muscle spasms, tremors ...
Combinations of brain pathology, and their correlation with cognitive impairment over time. Note that the combination of AD+LATE is the most common and most severe. The term dementia refers to a clinical syndrome, rather than a particular disease process – it can be caused by many different subtypes of brain disease, which often occur in ...
Studies have shown that PCA may be a variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD), with an emphasis on visual deficits. [2] [11] Although in primarily different, but sometimes overlapping, brain regions, both involve progressive neural degeneration, as shown by the loss of neurons and synapses, and the presence of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in affected brain regions; this eventually ...
Delirium is a type of neurocognitive disorder that develops rapidly over a short period of time. Delirium may be described using many other terms, including: encephalopathy, altered mental status, altered level of consciousness, acute mental status change, and brain failure.
By the final stages of Alzheimer's, this process – called brain atrophy – is widespread, causing significant loss of brain volume. This loss of brain volume affects ones ability to live and function properly, ultimately being fatal. [33] Beta-amyloid is a small piece of a larger protein called amyloid precursor protein (APP). Once APP is ...
For example, some forms of chronic drug or alcohol dependence can cause organic brain syndrome due to their long-lasting or permanent toxic effects on brain function. [6] Other common causes of chronic organic brain syndrome sometimes listed are the various types of dementia , which result from permanent brain damage due to strokes, [ 7 ...
“While green tea is generally safe, excessive consumption (over 3-4 cups per day) may cause side effects like insomnia, gastrointestinal distress, or liver damage due to high caffeine or ...
Dysexecutive syndrome (DES) consists of a group of symptoms, [1] usually resulting from brain damage, that fall into cognitive, behavioural and emotional categories and tend to occur together. The term was introduced by Alan Baddeley [ 2 ] [ 3 ] to describe a common pattern of dysfunction in executive functions , such as planning, abstract ...