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Motor and Hippocampal Dependent Spatial Learning and Reference Memory Assessment in a Transgenic Rat Model of Alzheimer's Disease with Stroke
Published on: March 22, 2016
[Feeding and nutrition in Alzheimer's disease]
M I Ferrero López1, J J Botella Trelis
1Enfermera, Servicio de Dietética, Hospital Dr. Moliner, Conselleria de Sanitat, Serra, Valencia, España.
Abstract:
Dementia is an organic brain disease. The most frequent type of dementia is Alzheimer's and it affects mostly elderly people. Due to the increase in life expectancy and to the ageing of the population, Alzheimer's has recently become an area of research of interest. The eating behaviour and nutrition of elderly people has some special characteristics which become particularly relevant during illness. An Alzheimer's patient suffers a progressive decay in their functional and physical abilities, and these renders them at high nutritional risk. Prevention, rapid intervention and ensuring an adequate nutritional intake is essential in each of the dementia stages. This paper reviews the most important nutrients influencing the development or worsening of dementia and the guidelines for food intake throughout the disease.
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