Dementia is a gradual decline ... deposits (cellular inclusions) called Lewy bodies, which are collections of an abnormal protein called alpha-synuclein. Lewy bodies are found throughout the outer ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet and Mayo Clinic has revealed important insights into brain degeneration in dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB ... Doctors use an imaging technique called ...

Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a degenerative disease of the brain. The disease causes symptoms that include visual hallucinations, sleep behavior disorder, cognitive (thinking) fluctuations ...

In a new study, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) has been associated with the deposition of amyloid-β in the brain. According to Edison and colleagues, these results indicate that most patients ...

These scans can show if there are problems with the blood flow in the brain. If the specialist thinks you could have dementia with Lewy bodies or Parkinson’s disease dementia, you may have a scan of ...

How is Lewy body dementia ... brain or psychiatric disorders. Many people don’t receive an accurate diagnosis until their symptoms become more advanced, Dr. Gomperts says. An array of tests and ...

dementia with Lewy body, frontotemporal lobe dementia, mild cognitive impairment, brain tumors, epilepsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, pre/post-surgical evaluation and a host of other neurological ...

CervoMed's stock soars 400% on promising dementia drug data. See more on insights, potential concerns, and what it means for ...

But an autopsy revealed he also suffered from Lewy body dementia (LBD), a brain disorder that affects more than a million Americans. According to The Alzheimer's Association, LBD is a type of ...

Seaver was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia, the same brain disorder Robin Williams had when he died by suicide in August 2014 at age 63. Caused by abnormal protein deposits that build up over ...