Forgetful? You can be your memory more than just lose

A part of your brain with your leak memory, according to a study published in neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology older adults who can your "spirit is" actions.

The study, which saw 120 people in the age of 60, found people who complained about significant memory problems but had nor mass density in their brains, although they were not diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a transition stage between normal aging had reduced gray normal performance on memory tests and the more serious problems with Alzheimer's disease.

Compared to healthy individuals found the study who had complained about significant memory issues a three percent reduction in gray mass density in an area known for memory important; It was a four percent reduction between individuals diagnosed with MCI.

"Significant memory loss complaints may be a very early stage of the"pre "MCI dementia for some people." "This is important because early detection will be critical because drugs change new disease, in an effort developed are to slow down and ultimately to prevent Alzheimer's disease," said study author Andrew Saykin, PsyD, Professor of Radiology at Dartmouth Medical School in Lebanon, New Hampshire, and a member of the American Academy of Neurology and Psychiatry. While normal aging, MCI and Alzheimer's disease associated with the loss of gray matter in the brain, this is probably the first study, quantitatively examine the severity level of cognitive complaints in older adults and directly assess the relationship to the gray matter loss. Saykin says the results underscore the importance of cognitive complaints in older adults, and suggest that those complaints about serious storage problems should be evaluated and monitored closely in the course of time. Memory complaints, a cardinal feature of MCI, which gives high risk for Alzheimer's disease, are reported in 25 to 50 - percent of the older adult population. The study was supported by the National Institute on Aging, Alzheimer's Association, the Hitchcock Foundation, the IRA DeCamp Foundation, the National Science Foundation, NH hospital and the National Alliance for medical image computing.The American Academy of Neurology, an Association of more than 19,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, neurologist dedicated to improving patient care through education and Forschung.Ein is a medical doctor with training in Diagnostics, treatment, and specializes in managing diseases of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and stroke. Visit http://www.aan.com/ for more information about the American Academy of Neurology. Reference: September 12, 2006, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

The Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia that afflicts 24 million people worldwide a slowly progressive disease of the brain that ist.Alzheimer disease is characterized by impairment of memory and lastly by errors in the reasoning, planning, language and perception. The Alzheimer's disease is not a normal part of aging and is not something inevitably happens later in life.It is rarely before the age of 65 gesehen.Die probability of having Alzheimer's disease increases considerably after the age of 70 and can affect approximately 50% of people in the age of 85.

A transitional period between normal aging and dementia is mild cognitive impairment, according to background information in the article.Previous studies have found an association between mild cognitive impairment and diabetes.Poor blood sugar control during which neuron loss can cause time and diabetes is heart disease and stroke, which can increase the risk of cognitive impairment associated with.

Dementia is a progressive brain dysfunction (in Latin "dementia" means irrationality), which results in a restriction of daily activities and in most cases in the long term leads to the need for the Pflege.Demenz that most can cause many diseases a being of Alzheimer's disease.

The probability with dementia increases with advancing Alter.Demenz occurs mainly in the second half of our lives, often after age 65 Jahren.Die incidence of dementia increases with the increasing age of less than 2% for the 65-69 year olds, 5% for the year 75-79 years old and more than 20% for the year 85-89-jahrigen.Jeder third person suffers of moderate or severe dementia over 90 years alt.Etwa suffer half of affected by dementia in Alzheimer's disease.

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