Neurobiological and neuropsychological functions affected in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Consequences and implications in the Quality of Life

Authors

  • Nicol´ás Parra-Bolaños Fundación Universitaria Luís Amigó. Medellín, Colombia.
  • Juliana M. Fernández Medina Máster en Neuropsicología de la Universidad de San Buenaventura. Medellín, Colombia. Instituto de Dolor de Cabeza y Enfermedades Neurológicas (INDOCEN). Medellín, Colombia.
  • Óscar A. Martínez- Restrepo Instituto Neurológico de Colombia.

Abstract

Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is recognized as a neurodegenerative disease with greater impact on a global scale within all health systems. AD attacks and severely damages Central Nervous System (CNS), causing irreversible changes in executive function and all higher psychological processes and drivers affecting the Quality of Life (QoL) of the patient, from its initial stages to the stages of severe impairment, where AD usually ends the life of the person who has it. AD is a disease of pandemic proportions, which ranks as the most common form of dementia, with symptoms such as personality changes, changes in speech, memory and cognitive skills. Scientific tests that assess the QoL of people with AD to date show little effectiveness in the beginning of the disease and still lack of coping adequate mechanisms and ongoing support, both for people with AD and their families, making these populations to have low rates of QoL.

 

Key words: Alzheimer’s disease; Quality of Life; Early Diagnosis; Central Nervous System; Neurodegenerative Disease; Cognitive Impairment; Genetics; Neurotransmitters.

 

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20.11.2014

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Parra-Bolaños, N., Fernández Medina, J. M., & Martínez- Restrepo, Óscar A. (2014). Neurobiological and neuropsychological functions affected in patients with Alzheimer’s disease: Consequences and implications in the Quality of Life. Panamerican Journal of Neuropsychology, 8(2). Retrieved from https://cnps.cl/index.php/cnps/article/view/170

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): CNPs

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Original Articles: Neurodevelopment and Education

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