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Dementia

Dementia is a progressive neurological syndrome marked by decline in memory, thinking, language, and other cognitive abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life, most commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Dementia primarily affects older adults and encompasses severa…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 26× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2470-5020 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Dementia is a progressive neurological syndrome marked by decline in memory, thinking, language, and other cognitive abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life, most commonly caused by Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions. Dementia primarily affects older adults and encompasses several underlying causes that lead to deterioration of cognitive function, behavior, and the capacity for independent living. Beyond memory loss, it can involve difficulties with communication, reasoning, mood, and behavior, placing substantial demands on patients, families, and caregivers. Care emphasizes accurate diagnosis, symptom management, support for behavioral and psychological symptoms, and strategies to maintain quality of life, including both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Research collected here reflects these clinical and supportive dimensions, including neurobiological distinctions between aggression and agitation in people with dementia, dynamic network analysis of functional connectivity, and the use of virtual reality and videophone conversation in dementia care. Additional studies examine behavior management for depression in dementia, the relationship between depression and dementia, non-pharmacological interventions for disrupted sleep in moderate-to-severe dementia, assistive technology and cognitive-behavioral programs for people with Alzheimer's disease, the possible link between early stressful life events and later dementia, the role of music in neurology, and caregivers' knowledge and misconceptions about Alzheimer's disease. Together these themes situate dementia within research spanning its neurobiology, cognitive impact, behavioral symptoms, and supportive care.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2016

Depression and Dementia

Volicer LadislavCorresponding author
School of Aging Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Exact topic Depression And Therapy Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-16-1260
2015

Why Music in Neurology?

Raglio AlfredoCorresponding author
Department of Biomedical and Specialistic Surgical Sciences, Section of Neurological Clinic, University of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro 8, 44100 Cona, Ferrara, Italy.
Exact topic Neurological Research and Therapy doi:10.14302/issn.2470-5020.jnrt-14-483

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 26 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Dementia, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Neurological Research and Therapy (ISSN 2470-5020).

Journal editorial board
Ian J Martins · Australia Giuseppe Lanza · Italy Ion Codreanu · United States

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