Neurological update: dementia.
Dementia continues to enjoy a high public and political profile, the latter exemplified by the recent G8 summit meeting declaration to develop a cure or treatment by 2025. This is only likely to be achieved by a deeper understanding of the clinical and pathophysiological phenomena of dementia disorders, many examples of which have appeared in the Journal of Neurology in 2013 and which are reviewed here.
Cognitive Function Clinic, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7LJ, UK, a.larner@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk.
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