Behavioural problems in dementia and biochemistry: clinical aspects.
Behavioural and psychiatric problems in dementia are clinically important; they are also theoretically interesting. Neurochemical factors are likely to play a causal role in some of these problems. Two approaches to investigating the biochemical basis of behavioural problems are outlined: the correlation of prospectively collected behavioural data with postmortem neurochemical measures; and the detailed analysis of behaviour allowing investigation of underlying mechanisms. These approaches are illustrated with empirical data. David Bowen's neurochemical approach to dementia provided stimulus to this work.
Hope
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Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
Keene
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D000818:Animals; D003704:Dementia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D006963:Hyperphagia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism*