Dehydration and cognition in geriatrics: a hydromolecular hypothesis

Dehydration is one of the ten most frequent diagnoses responsible for the hospital admission of elderly in the United States. It is associated with increased mortality, morbidity and an estimated cost of 1.14 billion per year (1-4). Older individuals are predisposed to dehydration encephalopathy...

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Main Authors: Adonis eSfera, Michael eCummings, Carolina eOsorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmolb.2016.00018/full