Background The terms “dementia” and “Alzheimer's disease” are often wrongly used as if
they were synonyms. Dementia is a clinical syndrome whose main element is memory …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) and normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) are common forms of
dementia in the elderly. Recent findings have suggested an involvement of brain-derived …

BackgroundRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) has been proposed as a
new treatment option for depression. Previous studies were performed with low sample …

Autobiographical memory includes the retrieval of personal semantic data and the
remembrance of incident or episodic memories. In retrograde amnesias, it has been …

Major depression (MD) has been associated with decreased brain-derived neurotrophic
factor (BDNF) serum levels, while antidepressant drugs were found to increase these …

The neurotrophin brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays a critical role in neuronal
survival, synaptic plasticity, and memory. Several recent studies have demonstrated altered …

Preclinical and clinical studies gave evidence that lithium could be useful in the treatment of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). In experimental investigations, lithium induces brain-derived …

Fibromyalgia (FM) is still often viewed as a psychosomatic disorder. However, the increased
pain sensitivity to stimuli in FM patients is not an “imagined” histrionic phenomena. Pain …

Background Deterioration of executive functions in the elderly has been associated with
impairments in walking performance. This may be caused by limited cognitive flexibility and …

Importance Delirium significantly worsens elective surgery outcomes and costs. Delirium risk
is highest in elderly populations, whose surgical health care resource consumption (50%) …