Disease education is an important part of the treatment process at Atlantic Health System Neuroscience's Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program.
Learn about some of the more common memory and neurodegenerative disorders:
Mild cognitive impairment (memory loss) symptoms
- Changes in memory that do not interfere with daily life
- Difficulty with problem solving or planning
- Changes in language and attention
Alzheimer’s disease symptoms:
- Changes in mood and personality
- Changes in memory that affect daily life
- Confusion with time, place or navigation
- Difficulty completing familiar tasks
Dementia with lewy bodies symptoms:
- Changes in cognition and attention
- Difficulty walking or moving more slowly or stiffly
- Trouble with sleep
- Visual hallucinations
Frontotemporal dementia symptoms:
- Changes in personality, behavior or judgment
- Lack of interest or drive
- Language or movement problems may develop later
Primary progressive aphasia
- Difficultly in communication
- Changes in speech and language
- Difficultly with reading or writing
- Memory loss occurs later
Normal pressure hydrocephalus symptoms:
- Changes in gait and balance
- Urinary incontinence
- Mild cognitive changes
Vascular disease dementia
- Impaired judgement and decision making
- Decreased attention
- Changes in speech
- Memory is relatively spared
In some cases, memory loss may also be caused by or associated with:
- Central nervous system infections
- Head trauma or concussion
- Brain tumors
- Movement disorders
- Mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety or a severe emotional event
- Medication side effects and adverse drug interactions
- Alcohol
- Vitamin deficiencies
- Metabolic disorders, such as diabetes
- Vascular dementia from strokes
Locations
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Overlook Medical Center
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Memory and Cognitive Disorders Program
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Atlantic Neuroscience Institute
99 Beauvoir Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
- 908-522-2829
- Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:00pm
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Atlantic Neuroscience Institute
Physician services for memory and cognitive disorders are also available at Chilton Medical Center, Hackettstown Medical Center, Morristown Medical Center, Newton Medical Center and Overlook Medical Center. Find an Atlantic Health System doctor >