I reformatted it for this web page. Bob was then a third year medical student and graduated from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in 1997. Classification Static Dementia - fixed, e.g. little change over time, usually follows injury. Decrease in acetylcholine transmitting neurons and their target nerve cells.
Memory loss is an early symptom.
Small and large cerebral infarct of varying ages are present. Hypertension is frequently associated but not essential. In early stages personality and insight tend to be better preserved than in Alzheimers dementia. Depressive symptoms are common, and suicide is possible. As the condition advances, neurologic features may develop, especially hemiplegias, pseudibulbar palsy, with pathologic laughing and crying.