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Bookmark or Share- Researchers look at possible link between low vitamin B12 and Parkinson ..."Cognitive impairment with Parkinson's is multifactorial and is likely to be related to a combination of underlying issues," Dr. McCarter says. They include microvascular disease, Lewy body deposition, beta-amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles, and dysfunction of multiple neurotransmitters.
- What is frontotemporal dementia? - Mayo Clinic News Network"Roughly 20% to 40% of individuals with FTD have a genetic cause or contributor, and that is more common than in Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease and other neurologic disorders," says Dr. Boeve, The Little Family Foundation Professor of Lewy Body Dementia.
- Signs and symptoms of Lewy body dementiaLewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia. Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement (motor control). Lewy body dementia causes a progressive decline in mental abilities. People […]
- Study offers answers on life expectancy for people with Parkinson's ...A new Mayo Clinic study in today’s JAMA Neurology has some answers for patients with Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, multiple system atrophy with parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease dementia. The population-based study found that patients with these diseases died about two years earlier than the general population.
- Study: Lack of brain shrinkage may help predict who develops dementia ...ROCHESTER, Minn. – Dementia with Lewy bodies is a progressive disease that causes hallucinations, decline in mental abilities, rigid muscles, slow movement and tremors. With symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, a correct diagnosis can be difficult. A new study published today in the online issue of Neurology, a medical journal of the […]
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