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2. Certain Alzheimer’s disease medications may slow cognitive ...

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   Memantine is prescribed to treat memory loss, which is a primary symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s disease negatively impacts nerve cells, causing them to create too much of a ...

3. Amnesia - Wikipedia

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   Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases, [1] but it can also be temporarily caused by the use of various sedative and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that is caused. [2] There are two main types of amnesia:

4. Steroid dementia syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Cognitive symptoms from steroids appear within the first few weeks of treatment, appear to be dose dependent, and may or may not be accompanied by steroid psychosis or other Cushing's-type symptoms. [4] The symptoms include deficits in verbal and non-verbal memory; working memory; attention; sustained concentration; executive function ...

5. Psychological therapies for dementia - Wikipedia

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   Psychological therapies for dementia are starting to gain some momentum. [when?] Improved clinical assessment in early stages of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, increased cognitive stimulation of the elderly, and the prescription of drugs to slow cognitive decline have resulted in increased detection in the early stages.

6. How We Form Memories and Experience Memory Loss ... - AOL

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   Scientists around the world are working to prevent and treat it. Tracy’s lab at the Buck Institute is studying memory loss from Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia.

7. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 3 February 2025. Long-term brain disorders causing impaired memory, thinking and behavior This article is about the cognitive disorder. For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). "Senile" and "Demented" redirect here. For other uses, see Senile (disambiguation) and Demented (disambiguation). Medical ...