Dementia
Formal education lessens the impact of Alzheimers disease even if brain volume is already reduced
Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, September 27th, 2009
Researchers at the Department of Psychiatry, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universitat Munchen, investigated the effects of formal education on the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. They were able to show that education diminishes the impact of Alzheimer's disease on cognition even if a manifest brain volume loss has already occurred. The results are published in the current issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease ("Education attenuates the effect of medial temporal lobe atrophy on cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease: The MIRAGE Study," Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, August 2009).\r\n\r\nDr. Robert Perneczky, Department of Psychiatry at Klinikum rechts der Isar explains:...
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