AIDS Dementia Exams and Tests In a person who's known to have an HIV infection, cognitive, behavioral, or motor symptoms suggest that the person might have ADC. It's important to consider, however ...

Alcohol use could contribute to dementia by damaging the brain Heavy drinking can cause brain abnormalities that could increase the risk for cognitive decline. Image credit: Martí Sans/Stocksy.

When it comes to tau tangles, cortical deposits receive the lion’s share of scientists’ attention, but it is the tiny subcortical regions where tangles originate that might set the course for ...

This section covers four different types of vascular dementia. We look at the causes, symptoms, and how they progress: Subcortical vascular dementia Stroke-related dementia Multi-infarct dementia ...

Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, with 10 million diagnosed every year. Studies suggest that keeping fit helps to reduce the risk of cognitive decline. A new study in older ...

Doctors see symptoms of subcortical dementia syndrome more often in patients with Huntington’s or Parkinson’s disease rather than Alzheimer’s Disease because of where damage occurs. The sub-cortical ...

Type 2 diabetes diagnosis before 50 increases dementia risk 1.9 times After a follow-up of about 10 years, almost 18% of the study’s participants developed dementia.

It happens when brain cells become damaged by underlying diseases. While Alzheimer’s disease is the most well-known, there are other diseases that cause dementia too. Vascular dementia is the second ...

Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL) is a rare hereditary disease that affects blood vessels, causing recurrent strokes during adulthood ...

Scientists have developed a new machine learning model that can predict dementia with over 80% accuracy and up to nine years before diagnosis.

According to the article “Subcortical dementia” written by Dr. Mark Turner et al and published in a 2002 edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry, subcortical dementia exhibits lesions similar to ...

Neurology > Dementia MIND Diet in Midlife Tied to Higher Subcortical Brain Region Volumes — Relationships appear to hold regardless of Alzheimer's genes by Judy George, Deputy Managing Editor ...