http://headinjurylaw.com/blog How This Effects Your Legal Claim Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:35:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 http://headinjurylaw.com/blog/2011/08/30/omega-3-supplements-reduce-risk-of-dementia-post-tbi/#comment-6261 Administrator Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:35:47 +0000 http://headinjurylaw.com/blog/?p=99#comment-6261 Dementia is a general term referring to any and all disorders of the brain that cause loss of cognitive function, especially in the realm of orientation, executive functions and short term memory. Alzheimers is a form of dementia that profoundly affects memory and shows up as beta-amyloid protein plaques and neuro-fibrillary tangles in the neurons of the hippocampus. It seems to have a genetic component and may be caused by closed head injury in people with the APOE-e4 gene allele. Dementia is a general term referring to any and all disorders of the brain that cause loss of cognitive function, especially in the realm of orientation, executive functions and short term memory. Alzheimers is a form of dementia that profoundly affects memory and shows up as beta-amyloid protein plaques and neuro-fibrillary tangles in the neurons of the hippocampus. It seems to have a genetic component and may be caused by closed head injury in people with the APOE-e4 gene allele.

]]>