1 These are synovial joints between the interior articular process of superior vertebrae and the superior articular process of inferior vertebrae. 2  These plane joints are known as zygapophyseal joints (facet joints) . 3  The flat surfaces of the articular facets are covered with hyaline cartilage.
Major depression was more common and severe in patients with vascular dementia than in patients with AD. In another study of 288 outpatients with dementia, a prevalence of 7.4% was found with HAM-D, 8% prevalence with the GDS and 6.3% with DSM-IV criteria (Brodaty and Luscombe, 1996).
Researchers at the National Institute on Aging say their study suggests a link between depression and cancer in elderly people. December 15, 1998. Web posted at: 8:15 p.m. EST (0115 GMT) WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new study by researchers at the National Institute on Aging suggests a link between chronic depression and cancer among older patients. When present for at least six years, depression was associated with a generally increased risk of cancer, the researchers wrote in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.