If dementia<\/a> is a general term that means thinking and memory has deteriorated to the point that it interferes with day-to-day function, what are the top three disorders that cause dementia in older individuals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Did you think of Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a>? Good! Alzheimer\u2019s is the most common cause of dementia. Did you also think of vascular dementia<\/a> or strokes? Excellent! Vascular dementia is the second most common cause. What about the third?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turns out that about 40% of people with dementia have\u00a0at least some LATE pathology in their brain<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>Jone Mark<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n In LATE, a protein called TDP-43 (which stands for transactive response DNA binding protein of 43 kDa) accumulates in brain cells. Once it accumulates, it injures and ultimately destroys the cells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LATE generally damages many of the same areas affected by Alzheimer\u2019s disease. These regions include<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because LATE affects many of the same brain regions as Alzheimer\u2019s disease, it often presents with similar symptoms, including<\/p>\n\n\n\n LATE can only be diagnosed with certainty at autopsy. However, we can get a hint that LATE might be present when an older individual shows the memory loss and word-finding problems common in Alzheimer\u2019s disease, but special tests used to confirm the diagnosis of Alzheimer\u2019s come up negative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s not frontotemporal dementia. Individuals with this disorder are often in their 60s or younger. They generally have problems with behavior or language.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,85],"tags":[119,120,96],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12205,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/12205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wp2021.templaza.net\/medil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What\u2019s LATE?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
What are the symptoms of LATE?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n