Dementia ( taken from Latin, originally meaning " madness ", from de-" without " + ment, the root of mens " mind ") is a serious loss of global cognitive ability in a previously unimpaired person, beyond what might be expected from normal aging.

Dementia, though often treatable to some degree, is usually due to causes that are progressive and incurable as observed in primary progressive aphasia ( PPA ).

Dementia is not merely a problem of memory.

Dementia which begins gradually and worsens progressively over several years is usually caused by neurodegenerative disease ; that is, by conditions affecting only or primarily the neurons of the brain and causing gradual but irreversible loss of function of these cells.

Dementia with Lewy bodies is another fairly common cause, which again may occur alongside either or both of the other causes.

Dementia is much less common under 65 years of age.

* Dementia pugilistica or " boxer's dementia " is a condition that occurs in boxers due to chronic brain trauma

Near the hospital Pheasants ' Ridge is an assisted living facility which has a section for patients suffering from memory loss due to Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia.

Dementia is usually not associated with a change in level of consciousness, and a diagnosis of dementia requires a chronic impairment.

Another early pioneer of the subgenre is director Francis Ford Coppola's controversial 1963 film Dementia 13, which was rushed into production following Psycho < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s success at the box office.

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Of his many film scores, Dementia ( 1955 ), which contains no dialogue, only music, is believed by many to be his finest.

The Dementia Collaborative Research Centre ’ s ( DCRC ) purpose is to conduct research to improve diagnosis, reduce the risk of dementia and improve the quality of life of people living with dementia, their families and carers.

Dementia with Lewy bodies ( DLB ), also known under a variety of other names including Lewy body dementia, diffuse Lewy body disease, cortical Lewy body disease, and senile dementia of Lewy type, is a type of dementia closely associated with both Alzheimers and Parkinson's Diseases.

Dementia with Lewy bodies overlaps clinically with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, but is more associated with the latter.

It is, however, briefly mentioned in the DSM-IV-TR ( published in 2000 ) under Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions.

It can be caused by adverse reactions to certain drugs or else during drug withdrawal ; however it is most often associated with the elderly and in those with neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson disease, and other neurodegenerative diseases for example multiple system atrophy and Lewy Body Dementia.

Dementia testing is often done by way of testing the cognitive functions that are most often impaired by the disease e. g. memory, orientation, language and problem solving.

He is also President of mental health charity The Dementia Care Trust.

Sharon is co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Dementia, a parliamentary friendship group that advocates for Australians living with dementia, their families and carers.

It is a double-disc set entitled Twilight Dementia.

* Dementia lacking distinctive histology ( DLDH ) is a rare entity and represents the remaining small percentage of FTD that cannot be positively diagnosed as any of the above at post-mortem.

* Dementia is predominantly frontal lobe in nature and of the subcortical type of dementia.

This album introduced the single " Digital Tension Dementia " which caught the attention of many underground music fans and disc jockeys.

Dementia usually results from an identifiable degenerative brain disease ( for example Alzheimer disease or Huntington's disease ).

* Dementia, including Alzheimer's disease and Huntington ’ s disease.

Lewy bodies are abnormal aggregates of protein that develop inside nerve cells in Parkinson's disease ( PD ), Lewy Body Dementia and some other disorders.

Cortical Lewy bodies are a distinguishing feature of Dementia with Lewy bodies ( DLB ) and may occasionally be seen in ballooned neurons characteristic of Pick's disease and corticobasal degeneration, as well as in patients with other tauopathies.

They are a feature of α-synucleinopathies such as Dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy ( MSA ), and are found in the CA2-3 region of the hippocampus in Alzheimer's disease.

* Dementia with Lewy bodies, progressive brain disease associated with degenerative dementia in the elderly.

Dementia pugilistica ( DP ) is a neurodegenerative disease or dementia that may affect amateur or professional boxers as well as athletes in other sports who suffer concussions.

People diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, narcolepsy-cataplexy syndrome, delirium tremens, Lewy Body Dementia, and temporal lobe epilepsy are more prone to complex visual hallucinations such as peduncular hallucinosis.

Dementia types include vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia, Korsakoff's syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, HIV related cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment, and other rarer causes of dementia.

Mesulam's original description in 1982 of progressive language problems caused by neurodegenerative disease ( which he called Primary Progressive Aphasia ( PPA ) included patients with progressive non-fluent ( PNFA ), Semantic Dementia ( SD ), and Logopenic progressive aphasia ( LPA ).

Meyer's critical role in reframing Emil Kraepelin's dementia praecox disease concept into a uniquely American psychogenic republic of " reactions " is detailed in Richard Noll, American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox ( Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2011 ).

A 2005 study has evidenced that a substantial amount of VRS in the substantia innominata, lentiform nucleus, and the caudate nucleus of the basal ganglia may implicate dementia due to arteriosclerotic microvascular disease, in particular Ischemic Vascular Dementia, as opposed dementia due to neurodegenerative disease, specifically Alzheimer ’ s disease and frontotemporal dementia.

* Dementia pugilistica, or " punch-drunk syndrome ", caused by repetitive head injuries, for example in boxing or other contact sports

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* Dementia pugilistica, a neurological disorder which affects some boxers, also called punch-drunk syndrome

McClintock is suffering from Dementia pugilistica or " punch drunk syndrome " -- brain damage caused by his career.

Dementia praecox ( a " premature dementia " or " precocious madness ") refers to a chronic, deteriorating psychotic disorder characterized by rapid cognitive disintegration, usually beginning in the late teens or early adulthood.

* Noll, Richard ( 2011 ) American Madness: The Rise and Fall of Dementia Praecox.

Dementia and hemiparesis are other problems.

On a budget of $ 40, 000 ($ 20, 000 from Corman and $ 20, 000 from another producer who wanted to buy the movie's English rights ), Coppola directed in a period of just nine days, Dementia 13, his first feature from his own original screenplay.

It was on the sets of Dementia 13 that he met his future wife Eleanor Jessie Neil.

In February 1963, Coppola married Eleanor Neil, whom he met on the set of Dementia 13.

Examples include Alzheimer's, Amnesia, Dementia, consolidation theory and the gradual slowing down of the central nervous system due to aging.

Some of the most prevalent ( and, as a consequence, most intensely researched ) include Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia, Huntington's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, and Schizophrenia.

# Dementia, during which the patient becomes unresponsive or mute over the course of six months.

Bomont Building, which was completed in 1998, and houses the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, the Iris Murdoch building, opened in 2002 for The Dementia Services Development Centre, and the Colin Bell Building, completed in 2003 for the School of Applied Social Science.

Among Stirling University's specialist research centres are: the Cancer Care Research Centre ; Scottish Network for Economic Methodology ; Institute of Aquaculture ; Centre for European Neighbourhood Studies ; Centre for Environmental History and Policy ; Stirling Media Research Institute ; Social Work Research Centre ; Centre for Social Research on Dementia ; Scottish Addiction Studies ; Scottish Network for Chronic Pain Research Centre ; Scottish Centre for Information on Language, Teaching and Research ; Centre for Lifelong Learning ; and Institute for Retail Studies.

As of March 2006, Pep resided at a nursing home in Connecticut, suffering from Dementia pugilistica, before his death on November 23, 2006.

On April 17, 2012, The Owl City song " Dementia " was released and features Hoppus, who provided vocals ( along with Adam Young ), bass, and writing to the record.

He also wrote the score for the independent film Dementia ( 1955 ) and In a Lonely Place ( 1950 ) starring Humphrey Bogart.