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  2. Steroid dementia syndrome - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Musical hallucinations - Wikipedia

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    Musical hallucinations (also known as auditory hallucinations, auditory Charles Bonnet Syndrome, and Oliver Sacks' syndrome [ 1]) describes a neurological disorder in which the patient will hallucinate songs, tunes, instruments and melodies. The source of these hallucinations are derived from underlying psychotic illness or hearing impairment.

  4. Pseudodementia - Wikipedia

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    Pseudodementia (otherwise known as depression-related cognitive dysfunction or depressive cognitive disorder) is a condition that leads to cognitive and functional impairment imitating dementia that is secondary to psychiatric disorders, especially depression. Pseudodementia can develop in a wide range of neuropsychiatric disease such as ...

  5. Memory lapses: What’s normal, what’s not - AOL

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    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 ...

  6. Alzheimer's vs. normal memory loss: here are 5 things ... - AOL

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    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 ...

  7. New criteria defined for memory loss condition often mistaken ...

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    Now, scientists from the Mayo Clinic have identified another memory-loss condition found in older adults that is frequently misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers have developed new ...

  8. Postoperative cognitive dysfunction - Wikipedia

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    Postoperative cognitive dysfunction ( POCD) is a decline in cognitive function (especially in memory and executive functions) that may last from 1–12 months after surgery, or longer. [ 1] In some cases, this disorder may persist for several years after major surgery. [ 2] POCD is distinct from emergence delirium.

  9. Memory disorder - Wikipedia

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    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 diagnosed. [ 35 ] [ 37 ] The cholinergic hypothesis of geriatric memory dysfunction is an older hypothesis that was considered before beta-amyloid deposits, neurofibrillary tangles, or ...