Researchers injected ethyl alcohol into 16 tarsometatarsal joints (lowest hock joint) of normal, sound horses. They injected 4 mL of either 70% or 95% ethyl alcohol.
For other uses, see Dementia (disambiguation). Dementia, also known as senility, is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning. Other common symptoms include emotional problems, problems with language, and a decrease in motivation.
Dementia, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) , is a syndrome that may be caused or characterized by: Multiple cognitive deficits, which include memory impairment and at least one of the following: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia or disturbance in executive functioning.