Prevention of Cognitive Impairment in the Midlife Women

Forgetfulness is common symptom with age. Especially for midlife women, hormonal cessation by menopausal change is one of the causes in cognitive disorders. And neuropathological changes in brain can lead to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and eventually dementia. Prevention of MCI is important for...

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Autores principales: Kim, Soo Ah, Jung, Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Menopause 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4452809/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26046033
http://dx.doi.org/10.6118/jmm.2015.21.1.19
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Sumario:Forgetfulness is common symptom with age. Especially for midlife women, hormonal cessation by menopausal change is one of the causes in cognitive disorders. And neuropathological changes in brain can lead to mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and eventually dementia. Prevention of MCI is important for decreasing progression to dementia. This article presents therapeutic approaches based on pathophysiologic changes in brain for preventing cognitive decline.