Long-term Effects of Untreated Depression
When people hear the word "depression," most of them think only of sadness. Sadness, though, is only one of the…
Activities To Improve Upper Body Strength In Occupational Therapy For Adults
There are many reasons adults may need to recover some upper body strength. Many of them are a part of…
GALANTAMINE
the name of the inhibitor of acetyl cholinesterase and is used in mild case of Alzheimer disease where it slows…
GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE (GDS)
The 7 point scale used to indicate the severity of a primary degenerative dementia, such as Alzheimer
S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE (SAM)
Nutritional supplement marketed under the Gumbaral, Samyr, Adomet, Heptral and Admethionine brand names as a prescription drug approved in Russia,…
PRESENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE (PDAT)
An outdated label for Alzheimer's type dementia before the patient's 65th birthday.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MASQUERADE
A medical condition that match the presentation of a psychological disorder: for example, epilepsy Alzheimer's or brain tumor.
RIVASTIGMINE
Marketed under the trade name Exelon, a parasympathomimetic or cholinergic agent in treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer's-type dementia and…
SENILE DEMENTIA OF THE ALZHEIMER'S TYPE TSDAT)
The older name for Alzheimer's type onset after age 65. See Alzheimer's disease.
SENILE PLAQUES
These are the plaques that are linked with the Alzheimer's Disease. The concentration of these plaques is seen in the…
SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST (SIT)
an odour test with 40 different smells for people age 5 and up. It is used to assess sensitivity and…
LEWY BODY DEMENTIA
a type of Dementia, a neurodegenerative condition which is diagnosed using the presence of abnormal proteins in the brain called…
NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES
are collections of insoluble hyperphosphorylated tau protein which have been associated with the development of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's…
NOOTROPIC DRUGS
drugs which are utilized to emphasize cognitive processes, generally in the remediation of progressive dementias, like Alzheimer's, but additionally of…
BUTYRYLCHOLINESTERASE
n. a synthetic, non-specific cholinesterase enzyme identified in the liver and related tissues. It assists in regulating the level of…
CANCELLATION TEST
n. A neuropsychological test which assesses perceptual and motor speed. From a given list of items randomly-distributed on a page…
CONFUSIONAL STATE
a condition of handicapped intellectual operations wherein consciousness is maintained but with deprivation of intellectual comprehensibility and orientation to time,…
CORTICAL DEMENTIA
dementia which stems from weakening of the cortical regions of the brain, instead of the subcortical regions. Most frequently occurring…