SWEDEN: Higher education may delay dementia onset
June 14th 2010 14:04
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From: University World News
Swedish researchers have discovered that education not only delays the early symptoms of dementia, but can also slow down the development of the disease - a finding that could result in faster diagnosis and treatment, writes Dr John M Grohol for Psych Central.
Previous studies have shown that education offers some degree of protection against the symptoms of brain disorders. By analysing patients' spinal fluid, researchers at the University of Gothenburg were able to examine whether there were signs of dementia in the brain.
"Highly educated patients with mild cognitive impairment who went on to develop dementia over the next two years had more signs of disease in their spinal fluid than those with intermediate and low levels of education," said Sindre Rolstad, a researcher at the university. Despite having more disease in the brain, the highly educated patients showed the same symptoms of the disease as their less well-educated counterparts. This means that patients with higher levels of education tolerate more disease in the brain.
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