Reference
Science Daily. (2012). Retrieved from
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020171227.htm
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Why do you think there is a reduced incidence of Alzheimer's disease in highly educated people?
The most common
form of dementia, is Alzheimer's disease. Over time Alzheimer's disease
gradually gets worse. I think highly educated individuals have a reduce
incidence of Alzheimer's disease because higher education has an effect on the
level of cognitive function, memory, and thinking skills. Science Daily (2012),
"people with more education and more mentally demanding occupations may
have protection against the memory loss that precedes Alzheimer's disease,
according to a study published in the October 21, 2008, issue of Neurology, the
medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology" (para. 1). Higher
education protects or creates a buffer against the effects of dementia on
cognitive reserves, or on the brain (Science Daily, 2012).
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We hope that as we identify more and more genes involved in Alzheimer's disease, we’ll start to get a more complete picture of the pathogenic mechanisms that lead to disease, and this will hopefully aid in the development of more effective drug treatments. These treatments aren’t going to be developed today, or tomorrow, but we really have cause to hope that sufficient advances will have been made in 20-30 years time.
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