• Visual short-term memory impairments in presymptomatic familial Alzheimer's disease: A longitudinal observational study. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Visual short-term memory (VSTM) deficits including VSTM binding have been associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) from preclinical to dementia stages, cross-sectionally. (ox.ac.uk)
  • Our study provides direct evidence for an interaction between this Alzheimer's genetic risk gene and environmental exposures on accelerated cognitive impairment. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Interestingly, the granulomas share features with plaques found in Alzheimer's disease, supporting future studies on the long-term neurological consequences of sustained C. albicans infection. (bcm.edu)
  • Moreover, it also reduces the risk of cognitive impairments such as dementia and Alzheimer's. (naturalnews.com)
  • If someone has memory loss associated with another condition, does that turn into Alzheimer's disease? (medicinenet.com)
  • An article published Jan. 5 in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association cites decades of published scientific evidence to make a compelling case for SARS-CoV-2's expected long-term effects on the brain and nervous system. (sciencedaily.com)
  • As the Alzheimer's & Dementia article points out, the under-recognized medical history of these viruses over the last century suggests a strong link to brain diseases that affect memory and behavior," said Maria C. Carrillo, PhD, Alzheimer's Association chief science officer and a coauthor on the paper. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In this difficult time, we can create a 'silver lining' by capitalizing on the Alzheimer's Association's global reach and reputation to bring the research community together to illuminate COVID-19's long-term impact on the brain. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A 62-year-old man comes in for a second opinion for previously diagnosed mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease . (medscape.com)
  • He comes to me with a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease. (medscape.com)
  • He had a diagnosis of amnestic, mild cognitive impairment multidomain due to Alzheimer's disease because he had a positive biomarker test. (medscape.com)
  • Then there is mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease. (medscape.com)
  • In these pre-stages to dementia, like mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer's disease and prodromal Alzheimer's disease, there are now a variety of different studies that a person can be evaluated for. (medscape.com)
  • The relationship between regional lobar atrophy and cognitive impairment is yet to be examined. (ajnr.org)
  • Indeed, several epidemiological studies have shown that people with T2DM have a significantly higher risk of developing cognitive impairments and dementia when compared to those with normal blood glucose levels [ 3 - 5 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • While not everyone with mild cognitive impairment will develop dementia (and some even find their memory improves and gets better), MCI does increase your risk of dementia … and several other quite surprising health conditions. (losethebackpain.com)
  • While about 1-2 percent of US adults develop dementia each year, this rises to 6-15 percent among people with mild cognitive impairment. (losethebackpain.com)
  • [iii] While the increased dementia risk applies to anyone with MCI, those with memory difficulties (amnestic MCI) are especially at risk of progressing to dementia. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Dementia is a broad description that includes many different symptoms, including memory loss , word-finding difficulties, impaired judgment, and problems with day-to-day activities, which are caused by injury or loss of brain cells (neurons). (medicinenet.com)
  • Memory tests, imaging studies, and blood work may exclude other problems which might mimic dementia. (medicinenet.com)
  • Some people believe that senility or senile dementia is an inevitable result of aging , and never seek evaluation for family members who show signs of memory loss. (medicinenet.com)
  • Over the next year, the dementia continued to reverse itself: he is able to run again, his reading comprehension has improved dramatically, and his short-term memory is improving-he often brings up events that happened days to weeks earlier and relays telephone conversations with accurate detail. (anh-usa.org)
  • Some of these impairments were even captured by abbreviated instruments for investigating suspicion of dementia. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia is acute or chronic cognitive deterioration due to diffuse or focal cerebral infarction that is most often related to cerebrovascular disease. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Overview of Delirium and Dementia Delirium (sometimes called acute confusional state) and dementia are the most common causes of cognitive impairment, although affective disorders (eg, depression) can also disrupt cognition. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia is the 2nd most common cause of dementia among older people. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Dementia affects mainly memory, is typically caused by anatomic changes in the brain, has slower onset, and is generally irreversible. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Subcortical ischemic vascular cognitive impairment and dementia is caused mainly by small vessel disease. (msdmanuals.com)
  • A recent study found that, at school entry in the UK, approximately 10% of children are affected by speech, language or communication impairments (Norbury et al. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Cognitive impairment can vary from mild to severe depending on the cause. (peacehealth.org)
  • The researchers report in the journal Nature Communications the unexpected finding that the common yeast Candida albicans, a type of fungus, can cross the blood-brain barrier and trigger an inflammatory response that results in the formation of granuloma-type structures and temporary mild memory impairments in mice. (bcm.edu)
  • It's estimated that up to 20 percent of people aged 65 and older may have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), [i] a condition that causes noticeable changes in your memory and thinking skills … but generally is not severe enough to impact your daily life. (losethebackpain.com)
  • For example, if you have mild cognitive impairment, you may have trouble recalling (or forget entirely) appointments you have scheduled, recent events or details of conversations. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Mild cognitive impairment may also impact your ability to make decisions or estimate the amount of time (or sequence of steps) necessary to complete a complex task. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Late-life depression among those 65 and older is associated with mild cognitive impairment, and it's thought that this condition may impact anywhere from 3-63 percent of MCI patients. (losethebackpain.com)
  • New research presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 66th Annual Meeting found that people with either type of mild cognitive impairment had an 80 percent higher death rate during the study than those without it. (losethebackpain.com)
  • About one in four people with mild cognitive impairment will revert back to normal levels of cognitive function within two years. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Exercising via walking or weight training for six months lead to improvements on cognitive tests, with each type of exercise associated with unique benefits to memory function, among older women with mild cognitive impairment. (losethebackpain.com)
  • B vitamins, including thiamin, niacin, folate, and vitamin B12, have been shown to cut the rate of brain shrinkage among elderly people with mild cognitive impairment in half. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Most children with Down syndrome have mild to moderate cognitive impairment. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Stage 3: Mild impairment. (medicinenet.com)
  • Even mild COVID-19 infections may have negative effects on the brain long term, Dr. de Erausquin said. (sciencedaily.com)
  • If you are an older adult who forget things more often than others your age, you may have mild cognitive impairment . (medlineplus.gov)
  • What do you do in a case where you have a patient with mild cognitive impairment who may not be a candidate for some of the FDA-approved drugs, like the acetylcholinesterase inhibitors? (medscape.com)
  • Therefore, in this article, we aimed to explore the relationship between neuropsychological impairment and regional lobar atrophy after accounting for the influence of generalized lesion and atrophy measurements in patients with multiple sclerosis. (ajnr.org)
  • In order to explore the neuropsychological impairment in silica dust exposed workers, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised in China (WIAS-RC) was used along with some of the tests on the Wechsler Memory Scale Revised in China (WMS-RC) to examine eight men and one woman exposed to silica (14808607) dust. (cdc.gov)
  • Delirium can cause a person to experience sensory impairments in cognition and cognitive processes. (mentalhealth.com)
  • Although the early detection of cognitive impairment may improve patient care and quality of life, patients attending audiology services for hearing assessment might not expect to be asked questions about their cognition. (frontiersin.org)
  • The three studies reported here focused on the impact of chronic Ecstasy use on prospective memory (PM), associated central executive function and other aspects of day-to-day cognition. (erowid.org)
  • The patient demonstrated on one hand severe and accelerated deteriorations in multiple cognitive domains such as concentration, long-term memory (including the episodic-autobiographical memory domain), problem solving, cognitive flexibility and planning, affect recognition, discrimination and matching, and social cognition (theory of mind). (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Although no definite conclusions can be drawn from a single case study, our findings point to the presence of additional cognitive changes in CADASIL in middle adulthood, in particular to impairments in the episodic-autobiographical memory domain and social information processing (e.g., social cognition). (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Shortened or disrupted sleep is associated with fatigue and alters regions in the brain with short- and long-term effects on cognition. (cdc.gov)
  • Stage 7: Very severe impairment. (medicinenet.com)
  • In the long term, severe substance misuse, including alcoholism, can lead to more lasting impairment in memory ability. (psychologytoday.com)
  • In some cases, chronic alcohol misuse leads to Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, which involves potential severe memory loss and inability to form new memories. (psychologytoday.com)
  • For example, people hospitalized for severe COVID-19 may develop a range of long term consequences from acute illness, such as nosocomial infections and deconditioning, especially those who have been in the intensive care unit. (cdc.gov)
  • The phenomenon first came to light because of the large number of breast cancer survivors who complained of changes in memory, fluency, and other cognitive abilities that impeded their ability to function as they had pre-chemotherapy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patients with recent SARS-CoV-2 infection appear to experience global cognitive impairment, impairment in memory, attention and executive function, and in particular verbal fluency. (frontiersin.org)
  • The results confirmed the significant impairments in long- and short-term PM and revealed corresponding impairments in verbal fluency. (erowid.org)
  • 2. General cognitive functions and five domains (attention, memory, verbal fluency, language and visuospatial abilities) Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III forms A and B during pre-assessment and post-assessment. (who.int)
  • While any cancer patient may experience temporary cognitive impairment while undergoing chemotherapy, patients with PCCI continue to experience these symptoms long after chemotherapy has been completed. (wikipedia.org)
  • The importance of hormones, particularly estrogen, on cognitive function is underscored by the presence of cognitive impairment in breast cancer patients before chemotherapy is begun, the similarity of the cognitive impairments to several menopausal symptoms, the increased rate of PCCI in pre-menopausal women, and the fact that the symptoms can frequently be reversed by taking estrogen. (wikipedia.org)
  • The severity of symptoms may fluctuate throughout the day and worsen in the evening (termed sundowning ). (mentalhealth.com)
  • Acquired and traumatic brain injury often times manifest similar symptoms, but they are very distinct from each other, in terms of treatment and prognosis. (bisociety.org)
  • Decades of data paint a compelling case for why COVID-19 survivors, even those with few symptoms, could experience long-term effects on the brain and central nervous system. (sciencedaily.com)
  • So, as reports of long term COVID-19 symptoms emerged, the need for scientific research about long COVID has intensified. (cdc.gov)
  • Perinatal hypoxic-ischemic injury increased apoptotic cell death in the hippocampus, resulting in impaired short-term memory with decreased cAMP levels. (einj.org)
  • Ischemic strokes and cognitive impairments are the most frequent manifestations, but seizures affect up to 10% of the patients. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Three out of four studies reported memory difficulties, with two studies reporting short-term memory deficits. (frontiersin.org)
  • Cognitive deficits affecting memory, attention and speed of information processing are common in multiple sclerosis (MS). The mechanisms of cognitive impairment remain unclear. (nih.gov)
  • Slowed processing speed and defective retrieval from recent memory storage are the most frequently observed cognitive deficits in multiple sclerosis ( 5 - 8 ). (ajnr.org)
  • Risperidone rescued the memory deficits and attenuated hippocampal desynchronization. (biorxiv.org)
  • Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment (PCCI) (also known in the scientific community as "CRCIs or Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairments" and in lay terms as chemotherapy-induced cognitive dysfunction or impairment, chemo brain, or chemo fog) describes the cognitive impairment that can result from chemotherapy treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Despite the therapeutic benefits of antidiabetic agents for the treatment of DM-mediated cognitive dysfunction, most of these pharmaceutical agents are associated with various undesirable side-effects and their long-term benefits are therefore in doubt. (hindawi.com)
  • Regional atrophy accounts for more variance than lesion burden, whole brain atrophy, or lateral ventricle volume in predicting multiple sclerosis-associated memory dysfunction. (ajnr.org)
  • In addition to motor and sensory dysfunction, impairments are common, causing considerable caregiver distress ( 1 ), unemployment and social dysfunction ( 2 , 3 ), and poor quality of life ( 4 ). (ajnr.org)
  • lower self-perceived hearing status is associated higher levels of cognitive impairment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Neuropsychological testing emphasized measures of processing speed and memory, because these are commonly affected in multiple sclerosis. (ajnr.org)
  • Patients with multiple sclerosis showed significant atrophy and impairment on all neuropsychological tests. (ajnr.org)
  • In one such study ( 21 ), third ventricular width accounted for significant variance in multiple sclerosis performance on processing speed and memory tests, after controlling for age and premorbid intelligence (partial r = −0.71). (ajnr.org)
  • Lead researcher Dr. Ty Brumback adds, "The most important thing about the study is that despite heavy drinkers' extensive experience with alcohol, increased speed of metabolism, and lower self-perceived impairment, we show that on a more demanding task they are just as impaired as light drinkers. (eurekalert.org)
  • This article aims to analyze the association between self-perceived hearing status and cognitive impairment in Brazilian older adults. (bvsalud.org)
  • Poisson regression with robust variance estimation was used to assess the self-perceived hearing status-cognitive impairment association in the crude and adjusted analyses. (bvsalud.org)
  • Fibrofog encompasses memory loss, difficulties using language, and difficulties with learning. (fibromyalgia-symptoms.org)
  • Short- or long-term memory difficulties. (sense.org.uk)
  • Depression is associated with multiple kinds of cognitive impairment , including forgetfulness- though memory difficulties often resolve after a depressive episode is successfully treated, according to the DSM-5. (psychologytoday.com)
  • CFS was initially termed encephalomyalgia (or myalgic encephalomyelitis) because British clinicians noted that the essential clinical features of CFS included both an encephalitic component (manifesting as cognitive difficulties) and a skeletal muscle component (manifesting as chronic fatigue). (medscape.com)
  • The mice that had ingested cadmium performed less well in the novel object location tests, indicating a poorer short-term spatial working memory. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • These results suggest that plastic brain changes induced by EE promote beneficial effects on the progression of neuronal impairment related to PD. (unifesp.br)
  • We investigated the effects of pentoxifylline, a methylxanthine derivative and type-4 phosphodiesterase inhibitor, on short-term memory and apoptotic neuronal cell death in the hippocampus following perinatal hypoxic-ischemia in newborn rats. (einj.org)
  • A. Staniloiu, F.G. Woermann, and H.J. Markowitsch, "Impairments in Episodic-Autobiographical Memory and Emotional and Social Information Processing in CADASIL during Mid-Adulthood", Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience , vol. 8, 2014, : 227. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • People who have significant impairment or distress from ongoing problematic use of THC-containing e-cigarette, or vaping, products should seek evidence-based behavioral treatment and recovery services. (cdc.gov)
  • Long-term physical, cognitive, and behavioral impairments are the factors that most commonly limit a patient's reintegration into the community and his/her return to employment. (medscape.com)
  • Compared to controls, presymptomatic carriers within 8.5 years of estimated symptom onset showed a faster rate of decline in localisation performance in long-delay conditions (4s) and in traditional neuropsychology measures of verbal episodic memory. (ox.ac.uk)
  • This study represents the first longitudinal VSTM investigation and shows that changes in memory resolution may be sensitive to tracking cognitive decline in preclinical AD at least as early as changes in the more traditional verbal episodic memory tasks. (ox.ac.uk)
  • and cognitive impairments, such as short-term memory loss and possible IQ decline. (stanford.edu)
  • Overall, conclude the researchers, the results suggest that an interaction between APOE4 and cadmium exposure "leads to accelerated cognitive impairment and that impaired adult hippocampal neurogenesis may be one of the underlying mechanisms. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • We have previously shown that long-term exposure (8-12 weeks) to high-fat diet (HFD) during adolescence (from weaning to adulthood), but not at adulthood, was associated with altered amygdala and hippocampal functions. (nature.com)
  • Juvenile HFD abolished both hippocampal synaptic plasticity, assessed through in vivo long-term potentiation (LTP) in CA1, and long-term hippocampal-dependent memory, using object location memory (OLM). (nature.com)
  • There are actually two main types of MCI, one that primarily affects your memory (amnestic MCI) and one that primarily affects thinking skills (nonamnestic MCI). (losethebackpain.com)
  • Although results indicate possible language impairment, only one study used domain-specific language tasks. (frontiersin.org)
  • In a prior report, the authors showed that light and heavy drinkers showed similar levels of impairment on both tasks during the initial testing. (eurekalert.org)
  • Whether these identified impairments are related to the patient's specific phenotype or to an ascertainment bias (e.g., a paucity of studies investigating these cognitive functions) requires elucidation by larger scale research. (uni-bielefeld.de)
  • Although post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment appears to be temporary, it can be quite long-lived, with some cases lasting 10 years or more. (wikipedia.org)
  • Our study suggests that during NMDAR hypofunction the mPFC and the dHPC disconnect possibly underlying cognitive impairment in schizophrenia, and that risperidone targets this circuit to ameliorate cognitive abilities in patients. (biorxiv.org)
  • Although the causes and existence of post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment have been a subject of debate, recent studies have confirmed that post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment is a real, measurable side effect of chemotherapy that appears in some patients. (wikipedia.org)
  • The aim was to conduct a review on the literature on objective cognitive impairment in patients after COVID-19. (frontiersin.org)
  • All studies on global cognitive function found impairment, ranging from 15 to 80% of the sampled patients. (frontiersin.org)
  • During acute phase, around a third of the patients experienced impaired memory, concentration or attention ( 11 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • After the illness, around one fifth of all patients had one or more of the aforementioned cognitive impairments. (frontiersin.org)
  • Patients had lower scores than control subjects on tests of memory and executive function, including the PASAT, Digit Span Backward and a test of short-term verbal memory (Memo). (nih.gov)
  • Among patients, but not healthy controls, performance on the PASAT, a comprehensive measure of cognitive function and reference task for the cognitive evaluation of MS-patients, correlated with global grey matter volume as well as with grey matter volume in regions associated with working memory and executive function, including bilateral prefrontal cortex, precentral gyrus and superior parietal cortex as well as right cerebellum. (nih.gov)
  • A more recent fMRI and PET-based study showed that impaired visual working memory correlated with brain activity within the posterior parietal association cortex, prefrontal cortex, and thalamus in AD patients 13 . (nature.com)
  • That is believed to be one of the sources of the cognitive impairment observed in COVID-19 patients. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The findings suggest that patients with silicosis suffered from some impairment of short term memory, but remote memory was spared. (cdc.gov)
  • The long-term care of these patients poses a significant challenge for the practicing hematologist/oncologist. (medscape.com)
  • Patients in the experimental group participate in short-term visual memory training in immersive virtual reality and conventional rehabilitation. (who.int)
  • Fatigue can slow down reaction times, reduce attention or concentration, limit short-term memory, and impair judgement. (cdc.gov)
  • The systems of the body most affected by chemotherapy drugs include visual and semantic memory, attention and motor coordination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Left temporal atrophy was the primary predictor of auditory/verbal memory (partial r 's = 0.55-0.61), and both left and right temporal atrophy predicted visual/spatial memory performance (partial r 's = 0.51-0.67). (ajnr.org)
  • Specifically, reading disability (RD or dyslexia) and language impairment (LI) affect 5-17 and 5-8 % of schoolchildren, respectively (Newbury et al. (springer.com)
  • However, long COVID may overlap with other complications of acute COVID-19 illness, making it hard to define because the spectrum of COVID-19 severity varies, it can be hard to differentiate between the long term effects specific to SARS-CoV-2 infection from those that occur in other illnesses. (cdc.gov)
  • Researchers also found that older adults were more likely to struggle with memory a day after anesthesia than younger adults. (healthline.com)
  • older adults with poor hearing were revealed to have a stronger association with cognitive impairment than their peers with good hearing. (bvsalud.org)
  • Chronic use of MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine), or Ecstasy, is believed to lead to impaired psychological performance, including well-documented decrements in laboratory and field tests of retrospective memory. (erowid.org)
  • Less is known about the impact of Ecstasy on aspects of everyday memory, despite obvious concerns about such effects. (erowid.org)
  • In study 1 46 regular Ecstasy users were compared with 46 Ecstasy-free controls using the Prospective Memory Questionnaire (PMQ). (erowid.org)
  • Reading disability (RD) and language impairment (LI) are common neurodevelopmental disorders with moderately strong genetic components and lifelong implications. (springer.com)
  • It may allow us to identify new kinds of language disorders and will clarify the relationships between language impairment and other developmental disorders. (brookes.ac.uk)
  • Anxiety disorders rely on associations formed in memory, including those between a stimulus-whether it is a social situation, an intrusive thought, a certain kind of animal, or something else-and the reflexive responses someone typically has to it. (psychologytoday.com)
  • A narrative bibliographic review article was done with the search of original and review articles in international scientific mentales en adultos journals, in English and Spanish listing the relationship between the seroprevalence of T. gondii and the development of mental disorders in the adult population. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2010 ). Written and verbal language are closely related and share several neurocognitive processes, including phonological processing and short-term memory (Catts et al. (springer.com)
  • Language is delayed, and both short and long-term memory is affected. (mayoclinic.org)
  • Caffeine improves brain health -- Consuming caffeine has been shown to enhance both short and long-term memory. (naturalnews.com)
  • We found that the information about the new object and its short-term storage were associated with mPFC→dHPC high gamma connectivity whereas long-term memory retrieval depended on dHPC→mPFC theta connectivity. (biorxiv.org)
  • sPCP impaired short-term and long-term memory, which was associated with increased mPFC and decreased dHPC neural network activities, and disrupted mPFC-dHPC connectivity. (biorxiv.org)
  • Long-term memory stores it for a longer period of time. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Persons engaging in ongoing marijuana use that leads to significant impairment or distress should seek evidence-based treatment by a healthcare professional. (cdc.gov)
  • As the researchers explain, "The results have implications for our understanding of alcohol-induced impairments across neurobehavioral processes in heavy drinkers and their ongoing risks for alcohol-related consequences over time. (eurekalert.org)
  • Cognitive impairment occurs when there is a problem with perceiving, thinking, or remembering. (peacehealth.org)
  • and being awake for 17 consecutive hours resulted in the same performance impairment that occurs with a blood alcohol content of 0.05% 5-7 . (cdc.gov)
  • While heavy drinkers showed less impairment than light drinkers on a rote fine motor test over time, they did not perform better on a test involving more short-term memory, motor speed, and more complex cognitive processing. (eurekalert.org)
  • While both groups did better at the follow-up, heavy drinkers showed less impairment on the pegboard than light drinkers relative to their initial testing scores. (eurekalert.org)
  • Both heavy and light drinkers showed similar levels of impairment during the follow-up testing. (eurekalert.org)
  • Corry and his colleagues also tested the animals' memory in both yeast-infected and non-infected mice. (bcm.edu)
  • They found that infected mice had impaired spatial memory, which reversed when the infection cleared. (bcm.edu)
  • We investigated the neural correlates of memory and perceptual impairments in mice treated with sPCP and the rescuing abilities of the atypical antipsychotic drug risperidone administered daily for two weeks. (biorxiv.org)
  • Approximately 20 to 30% of people who undergo chemotherapy experience some level of post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment. (wikipedia.org)
  • The clinical relevance of PCCI is significant, considering the increasing number of long-term cancer survivors in the population, many of whom may have been treated with aggressive dosing of chemotherapeutic agents, or with chemotherapy as an adjuvant to other forms of treatment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment comes as a surprise to many cancer survivors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Often, survivors think their lives will return to normal when the cancer is gone, only to find that the lingering effects of post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment impede their efforts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, exposure to EE prevented the memory deficit in the NOR task. (unifesp.br)
  • These associations remain in memory after drug use ceases, and so exposure to cues linked drug use can pose a risk of relapse. (psychologytoday.com)
  • Sleep is actually essential for the storage of long-term memories, and sleep disturbances are known to decrease short-term memory as well. (losethebackpain.com)
  • The timely detection of cognitive impairment is clinically important, however the use of cognitive assessments in adult audiology services is a hotly debated topic. (frontiersin.org)
  • You are more at risk of postoperative delirium if you're an older adult and have health conditions related to your heart, motor functions, or memory. (healthline.com)
  • Generally, you will notice a primary symptom of memory loss or problems with thinking skills and decision making, rather than both. (losethebackpain.com)
  • When broken down by type, those with MCI with memory loss had a 68 percent higher death rate than those without MCI, while those with MCI without memory loss had more than twice the death rate. (losethebackpain.com)
  • Therefore, common short-lived causes of fatigue are effectively excluded. (medscape.com)
  • ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess the efficacy of an online social network as a support for parents of children with hearing impairment. (scielo.br)
  • Conclusion: The posts and the assessment of participants indicated the potential of this network to support parents of children with hearing impairment. (scielo.br)
  • We found that 31.8% of the participants reported fair or poor hearing and 42% had cognitive impairment. (bvsalud.org)
  • Methods: Twenty-two mothers, randomly divided into experimental (n=11) and control (n=11) groups, filled in an online form containing the Parental Stress Index - Short Form (PSI-SF). (scielo.br)
  • The cognitive impairment status (outcome. (bvsalud.org)
  • Fungal infections are emerging as a major medical challenge, and a team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has developed a mouse model to study the short-term consequences of fungal infection in the brain. (bcm.edu)
  • LFLB1, DJOA2, VCFR3: study aumenta la posibilidad de desarrollar esquizofrenia y depresión en individuos sin historial previo, y que podría exacerbar conception, VCFR3: manuscript cuadros psiquiátricos previos con dificultad en el tratamiento. (bvsalud.org)
  • Two out of four studies on visuospatial function did not report any impairment. (frontiersin.org)
  • Damage following open head injuries tends to be focal, not diffuse, and the implications for subsequent impairment tend, also, to be focal and limited. (brainline.org)
  • In vivo detection of short- and long-term MDMA neurotoxicity--a positr. (erowid.org)
  • 1. Short-term visual memory is assessed using The Medical College of Georgia Complex Figures (MCGCF), forms A and B, during pre-assessment and post-assessment. (who.int)
  • 3. Visual search, working memory, and executive functions are measured using the Trail Making tests Part A and Part B during pre-assessment and post-assessment. (who.int)