Karen Ritchie
Karen Ritchie
dementia early elderly large likely mimic number people taking
A large number of elderly people are taking medications that can mimic early dementia and are likely to be classed as having early dementia.
consists memory mental regulate related system
The cholinergic system consists of neurotransmitters that regulate a lot of our mental functioning, particularly related to memory.
classified due early medication people
What we showed is that many of the people who are classified in this way have it due to the medication they are taking, and not because they have early Alzheimer's disease.
call counteract large medication might number people position rather ridiculous taking
We might find a large number of people in the rather ridiculous position of taking what we call pro-cholinergic medication to counteract anti-cholinergic drugs they are already taking.