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Injury to the right frontal and left temporo-parietal areas can cause Fregoli syndrome. [9] Research by Feinberg, et al. has shown that significant deficits in executive and memory functions follow shortly after damage in the right frontal or left temporoparietal areas.
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Also known as “sundowner’s syndrome,” sundowning is a set of symptoms or behaviors that can be seen in some people with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, according to the Alzheimer’s ...
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 ...
Dementia is a devastating condition that impacts up to 10 percent of older adults. And while there's no cure, getting diagnosed early can help patients get on a treatment plan and families prepare ...
A new study distinguishes between two distinct phases of Alzheimer's disease: an early, 'stealth' one without symptoms, and a second phase that aggressively damages the brain. ... 15, even 20 ...
The earliest symptoms are constipation and dizziness from autonomic dysfunction, hyposmia (reduced ability to smell), RBD, anxiety, and depression. [22] [23] RBD may appear years or decades before other symptoms. [7] Memory loss is not always an early symptom. [24] Manifestations of DLB can be divided into essential, core, and supportive ...
Temporal lobe signs usually involve auditory sensation and memory, and may include: [citation needed] deafness without damage to the structures of the ear, described as cortical deafness; tinnitus, auditory hallucinations; loss of ability to comprehend music or language, described as a sensory aphasia (Wernicke's aphasia)