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Dementia is not a specific disease. It is a descriptive term for a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of disorders that affect the brain. People with dementia have significantly impaired intellectual functioning that interferes with normal activities and relationships. They also lose their ability to solve problems and maintain emotional control, and they may experience personality changes and behavioral problems, such as agitation, delusions, and hallucinations. While memory ... 
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In the anatomy of animals, the brain, or encephalon, is the supervisory center of the nervous system. Although the brain is usually cited as the supervisory center of vertebrate nervous systems, the same term can also be used for the invertebrate central nervous system. In most animals, the brain is located in the head.
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Dementia as related to Brain
- Dementia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dementia (from Latin de- "apart, away" + mens ( genitive mentis ) "mind") is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging . Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood.
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- MedlinePlus: Dementia
Dementia ... Dementia is a word for a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain.
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- Dementia: Hope Through Research: National Institute of Neurological ...
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The question was submitted 02/06/2007 Subject: dementia & brain tumours?? My mother in law has had a brain tumour which has been taken out just 2 years ago and physically she ...
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