Dementia
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A loss of brain function that worsens over time and affects memory, thinking, behavior, and language.
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Central (brain) fatigueA lack of concentration or alertness as well as a sense of lethargy and loss of motivation; involves the central nervous system.
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Binswanger's dementiaA type of dementia caused when blood flow is interrupted to the white matter of the brain, which lies beneath the cerebral cortex.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseA rare, untreatable, rapid form of dementia that is fatal.
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