Pharmacological Treatment of Memory Deficits
Everyone experiences occasional memory lapses, which are often termed senior moments by those older than they care to be. While a frequent source of complaint, such events are generally not cause for worry. However, there are diseases that can cause much more profound and debilitating memory impairment. The most commonly recognized illness that causes memory loss is Alzheimer's disease (AD). In addition, other neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and Pick's disease, include memory problems among their symptoms. Vascular disorders and stroke are common causes of memory impairment in the elderly. There is also a rapidly growing population of otherwise healthy elderly people who develop memory problems that are severe enough to interfere with their everyday lives. While these conditions are most commonly seen in the aged, many young people with depression or schizophrenia, or who suffer from AIDS, also experience impaired memory. All of these people could potentially benefit from drug therapies that would relieve memory deficits.
Many treatments for ailing memory, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological have been described. However, no drug has been discovered that is overwhelmingly effective in improving memory. A major reason for this is that there are different types of memory, each of which engages, at least to some degree, different brain regions.
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