title: [Decline of cognitive capacity during aging].
abstract: Decline of cognitive capacity (DCC) is due to normal physiological aging processes or to pre-dementia stage. Epidemiological studies show that elderly with decline of cognitive capacity have higher risk to develop Alzheimer's disease (AD), especially those with episodic memory deficits. This review presents the most important diagnosis criteria, neuropathological and neuropsychological findings of decline of cognitive capacity during aging.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Neurologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. hcharchat@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Helenice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Charchat-Fichman
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sameshima
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitrini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans