Dementia with Lewy bodies consciousness

Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a common neurodegenerative dementia, which mainly occurs in late life (McKeith et al., 1996). The main clinical symptoms include visual hallucinations, parkinsonism and disturbances of consciousness, in the context of a global cognitive dysfunction with prominent... 

Table 2. A prehminary evaluation of the relationship between dopaminergic function and impaired consciousness in dementia with Lewy bodies.

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Pathophysiological model of fluctuating levels of consciousness (Based on the pathofOtyslology at dementia with Lewy bodies)... 

The increasingly well-defined pathophysiology of the degenerative dementias adds a new domain to our understanding of the neural substrates of consciousness. The syndrome of dementia with Lewy bodies is distinguished by severe disturbances in consciousness. Patients with DLB suffer not only fluctuations... 

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