2017 Alzheimer's disease facts and figures
Year: 2017
Type: article
Source: Alzheimer s & Dementia
Authors: The differences between typical age-related cognitive changes and signs of Alzheimer's can be subtle (, ). Just as individuals are different, so are the Alzheimer's symptoms they may experience. The most common initial symptom is a gradually worsening ability to remember new information. This occurs because the first neurons to be damaged and destroyed are usually in brain regions involved in forming new memories. As neurons in other parts of the brain are damaged and destroyed, individuals experience other difficulties, including neurobehavioral symptoms such as agitation, sleeplessness and delusions.
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: closed
Funder: Alzheimer's Association
OpenAlex ID: W4211028926