Memory Disorders - Rehabilitation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Cognitive activities delay onset of memory decline in persons who develop dementia.

2 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Persons destined to develop dementia experience an accelerated rate of decline in cognitive ability, particularly in memory. Early life education and participation in cognitively stimulating leisure activities later in life are 2 factors ... Read more...

Enhancing the working memory of stroke patients using tDCS.

29 Apr 2009 OBJECTIVES: We investigated whether anodal transcranial direct current stimulation over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex affected the working memory performance of patients after a stroke. DESIGN: Ten patients (mean age 47.7 yrs) with ... Read more...

Alleviation of carer strain during the use of the NeuroPage device by people with acquired brain injury.

23 Feb 2009 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have demonstrated the efficacy of a paging system, NeuroPage (Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust Corporation, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, UK), in compensating for memory and planning dysfunctions in people with acquired ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Memory Disorders - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Cognitive activities delay onset of memory decline in persons who develop dementia. 2 Aug 2009
• Enhancing the working memory of stroke patients using tDCS. 29 Apr 2009
• Alleviation of carer strain during the use of the NeuroPage device by people with acquired brain injury. 23 Feb 2009
• Intelligent assistive technology applications to dementia care: current capabilities, limitations, and future challenges. 30 Jan 2009
• Effects of specific neuropsychological training programs for breast cancer patients after adjuvant chemotherapy. 30 Dec 2008
• Post-stroke recovery of high-level cognitive function. 30 Dec 2008
• Neuropsychological performance is related to current social and occupational functioning in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Use of cognitive aids and other assistive technology by individuals with multiple sclerosis. 30 Dec 2008
• Plasticity of the attentional network after brain injury and cognitive rehabilitation. 29 Dec 2008
• GSK-3beta is required for memory reconsolidation in adult brain. 26 Oct 2008
• Rehabilitation of arithmetic fact retrieval via extensive practice: a combined fMRI and behavioural case-study. 29 Sep 2008
• Internet-based cognitive rehabilitation in individuals with acquired brain injury: a pilot feasibility study. 29 Sep 2008
• Re-acquisition of person knowledge in semantic memory disorders. 30 Aug 2008
• 'Show me, don't tell me'; is this a good approach for rehabilitation? 30 Aug 2008
• A functional application of the spacing effect to improve learning and memory in persons with multiple sclerosis. 9 Aug 2008
• Electroacupuncture restores learning and memory impairment induced by both diabetes mellitus and cerebral ischemia in rats. Aug 2008
• A survey of memory clinics in New Zealand. 30 Jul 2008
• Teaching memory-impaired people to touch type: the acquisition of a useful complex perceptual-motor skill. 30 Jul 2008
• [Memory deficits and confabulation] 29 Jun 2008
• The influence of cognitive rehabilitation on cognitive competence in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Memory Disorders'

Definition: Disturbances in registering an impression, in the retention of an acquired impression, or in the recall of an impression. Memory impairments are associated with DEMENTIA; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ENCEPHALITIS; ALCOHOLISM (see also ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER); SCHIZOPHRENIA; and other conditions.

Descriptor UI: D008569

Alternative terms: Memory Disorders; Memory Disorder; Retention Disorders, Cognitive; Cognitive Retention Disorder; Cognitive Retention Disorders; Retention Disorder, Cognitive; Memory Loss; Memory Losses; Memory Disorder, Semantic; Memory Disorders, Semantic; Semantic Memory Disorders; Semantic Memory Disorder; Memory Disorder, Spatial; Memory Disorders, Spatial; Spatial Memory Disorders; Spatial Memory Disorder; Age-Related Memory Disorders; Age Related Memory Disorders; Age-Related Memory Disorder; Memory Disorder, Age-Related; Memory Disorders, Age-Related; Memory Disorders, Age Related; Memory Deficits; Deficit, Memory; Deficits, Memory; Memory Deficit;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.606.525; C23.888.592.604.529; F01.700.625;

History Note: 1969