Saturday, November 29, 2014

Stroke

A stroke damages part of the brain because the blood flow is interrupted. The medical term for stroke is apoplexy. A stroke can have many different consequences.

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, neuropathologically distinguished by a synucleinopathy (abnormal deposition of synuclein, a small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors). and is clinically characterized by dementia, fluctuating cognition and vigilance, (visual) hallucinations and parkinsonism.