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Reduced brain volume may predict dementia - RxPG NEWS

Dementia Channel subscribe to Dementia newsletter Latest Research : Aging : Dementia COMMENT | EMAIL | PRINT Reduced brain volume may predict dementia Jan 22, 2006, 16:19, Reviewed by: Dr. Priya Saxena "In persons with mild to moderate Alzheimer disease, volume reductions compared with healthy elderly persons are between 25 percent and 40 percent, suggesting that atrophy rates accelerate in patients with Alzheimer disease." By January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, One of the JAMA/Archives journals., Reduced volume, or atrophy, in parts of the brain known as the amygdala and hippocampus may predict which cognitively healthy elderly people will develop dementia over a six-year period, according to a study in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, One of the JAMA/Archives journals. New strategies may be able to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most Common cause of dementia among older adults, according to background information in the article. Accurate methods of identifying which people are at high risk for dementia in old age would help physicians determine who could benefit from these interventions. There is evidence that adults with AD and mild cognitive impairment, a less severe condition that is considered a risk - More available

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