Neurocognitive disorders are defined by an "significant cognitive impairment in one or more areas: complex attention, executive function, learning and memory, language, perceptual motor ability and social cognition. These dysfunctions represent a decline from a previous level of functioning, so dementia. does not refer to low or reduced intellectual functioning, or mental retardation, which are developmental and static disorders. "(1) Dementia of the Alzheimer's type is the most common nosological form of dementia, characterized by memory loss and other cognitive skills severe enough to interfere with daily life. Dementia of the Alzheimer's type has a prevalence of 60-80% of dementia cases. (2) The factors that differentiate the dementia subtypes are: "evolution over time, the specific areas affected and the associated symptoms" (5) The therapeutic strategies are based on the increase of the cholinergic transmission and on the modeling of the glutamatergic transmission, validated etiopathogenic hypotheses in dementia Alzheimer's focus on acetylcholine transmission deficiency and NMDA receptor hyperactivity. (19)Patients diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder such as dementia of the Alzheimer's type, represent a special group, with special needs, in which the concept of quality of life differs from that used for patients diagnosed with conditions that are certainly less disabling. A series of prospective cohort studies have suggested that in addition to anti-dementia psychotropic therapy, regular physical activity associated with standardized herbal oily
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