Parkinson's disease, often referred to as Parkinson's syndrome, is a neurodegenerative disease whose typical motor symptoms are the result of the death of cells that synthesize and release dopamine. These...

Epilepsy is a neurological condition (defined, in some cases, as chronic and in others as transitory, such as where an episode occurs but is never repeated). The condition is characterized...

Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the progressive deterioration of cognitive functions accompanied by alterations in behaviour, personality and affectivity of the patient. Alzheimer's disease has a multi-factor etiology,...

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a diagnosis that is given to individuals who have cognitive deficiencies that are greater than those that can be statistically expected for their age and...

Vascular dementia or multi-infarct dementia is the second leading cause of dementia after Alzheimer's disease in elderly adults; it is a form of cognitive impairment caused by the alteration of...