Cognitive Disorders in Patients with Chronic Brain Ischemia

Abstract

Cognitive impairments attract increased attention not only of neurologists and psychiatrists, but also of general practitioners. This is due to several reasons. First, in the modern age of high technology and total computerization, special requirements are imposed on cognitive functions. Society as a whole and each person individually are interested in extending cognitive capabilities. Secondly, over the past decades, many pathogenetic, biochemical aspects of cognitive dysfunction have been clarified, and drugs have appeared that correct these disorders. Thirdly, the increase in life expectancy in developed countries has led to an increase in the elderly part of the population, and age is known to be the strongest independent risk factor for cognitive impairment.