[Use of special Ginkgo biloba extract for cognitive disorders in the elderly]

All dementias had been suggested to be the result of a vessel-disease, now it is known that the greatest part belongs to the dementias of Alzheimer's type but furtheron there exists no possibility for curing or stopping. Since Ginkgo biloba extract is available it is used in this diagnosis. Experimental and clinical studies have shown a widespread possibility to act in this disease and even a neuroprotective potential can be postulated.