Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 15, 2026

Symmetric Bihemispheric Postmortem Brain Cutting to Study Healthy and Pathological Brain Conditions in Humans
Published on: December 18, 2016
The nosology of dementia
1Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Abstract:
The nosology of dementia has evolved from the simple distinctions between senility, degenerative dementia, and vascular insults that existed a few decades ago. The differentiation of normal cognitive aging from very mild dementia has sharpened considerably; however, appreciation of the heterogeneity of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its clinical and pathologic overlap with other dementing disorders has blurred previous classification systems. Rather than viewing AD and vascular dementia, for example, as dichotomous entities, it may be more relevant to consider their additive or synergistic interactions producing dementia. Further elucidation of the nature and contribution of genetic factors in AD and related disorders will accelerate the use of genotype-phenotype correlations in dementia classification.
Related Concept Videos
Formulating and Validating Nursing Diagnosis I
There are thirteen domains for...
Formulating and Validating Nursing Diagnosis II
Risk nursing diagnoses represent clinical judgments of an individual, family, or community more vulnerable to developing the health problem than others...
Dementia
The progression of dementia is generally gradual.
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Alzheimer Disease l: Introduction
Dementia l: Introduction

