Biomedical subjects
M N Elkin
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[Experience with using high doses of cerebrolysin in vascular dementia].
The efficacy and tolerability of high-dose neurotrophic drug cerebrolysin was studied in 20 patients with vascular dementia diagnosed by criteria NINDS-AIREN and DSM-IV. The drug was well tolerated, affected positively cognitive function, especially neurodynamic processes. EEG featured after treatment intensification of rapid rhythms power and a decrease in delta-activity spectrum. The highest effect of cerebrolysin was achieved in patients with mild cognitive defects.
[The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis syndrome--frontal-type dementia].
The article presents analysis of clinical case of and review of literature on "ALS-dementia complex", a combination of ALS syndrome and dementia predominantly of frontal lobe type. The review of literature contains discussion on the problem of lobe dementia, analysis of relation of ALS-dementia syndrome and the following diseases: Alzheimer, Pick, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, Lewy bodies, Charcot (classic type), multisystem degeneration. Polymorphism of ALS-dementia complex and the possibilities of its differential diagnosis are considered.
[The use of nimodipine in elderly dementia patients].
The analysis of original and literature evidence on nimodipin administration in senile patients with vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease allows the conclusion on positive effects of the drug on cognitive, motor, behavioral, neuropsychological and postural defects. Further efforts should be directed to the study of long-term regimens and elucidation of nimodipin ability to inhibit progression of dementia.
[New aspects of the study of headache (The 1st International Symposium on Headache)].
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