TY  - CHAP
AU  - Rita Moretti
AU  - Paola Torre
AU  - Francesca Esposito
AU  - Enrica Barro
AU  - Paola Tomietto
AU  - Rodolfo M. Antonello
ED  - Inga Zerr
Y1  - 2013-02-27
PY  - 2013
T1  - Apathy as a Key Symptom in Behavior Disorders: Difference Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Subcortical Vascular Dementia
N2  - Alzheimer's dementia (AD) affects 6 million Europeans with 10% of people over age 65 and more than a quarter over 85. Given the steady aging of European societies, dementia and cognitive decline have developed into a major health problem with an enormous socioeconomic impact for patients, their families and caregivers, national health care systems, and society. Without any means to prevent or delay disease onset, the number of people with dementia is predicted to double by 2030 and triple by 2050. There is an urgent need for innovative strategies to increase understanding of pathological events that would translate into the development of successful prevention or, possibly, novel treatment strategies.
Progresses in understanding pathological events in AD have been possible by using cell cultures, genetically modified organisms and animal models that lack the complexity of events occurring in humans. We need to overcome this limitation also by using data from humans - for studying pathological pathways in AD in a multidisciplinary setting.
BT  - Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
SP  - Ch. 14
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/54264
DO  - 10.5772/54264
SN  - 
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-18
ER  -