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Establishing the limits of normal cerebral ageing and senile dementias
Author(s)Karen Ritchie
Journal titleThe British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 153, August 1988
Pagespp 97-101
KeywordsMental ageing ; Dementia ; Literature reviews.
AnnotationThis editorial article considers cognitive change in older people from biological, neuropsychological and epidemiological viewpoints, to explain the relationship of senile dementia to normal ageing-related changes. Current research suggests that senile dementia is the result of interplay of genetically determined disease processes, ageing-related decline which may be regulated at the cellular level, and neuronal repair and compensation mechanisms. The author reviews evidence from the research literature. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980814209 A
ClassmarkD6: EA: 64A

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