Thursday, September 16, 2010
Senior Moments Are Not Part of Normal Aging
New research suggests that old age may not play a role in why older people become forgetful. According to a study published in the September 15, 2010, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, the same brain lesions that are associated with dementia are responsible for mild memory loss in old age.
“It appears these brain lesions have a much greater impact on memory function in old age than we previously thought,” said study author Robert S. Wilson, PhD, with Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. “Our results challenge the concept of normal memory aging and hint at the possibility that these lesions play a role in virtually all late-life memory loss.”
Posted by Craig Jones on 09/16/10 at 09:57 AM
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