Therapeutic Results with Nimodipine in Primary Degenerative Dementia and Multi-Infarct Dementia

The diagnostic label of dementia is not justified in all elderly patients with cognitive decline. However, an organic factor of unknown aetiology can also be assumed in patients suffering from a milder decline. Therefore, the term “organic brain syndrome” is quite common, especially in German-speaking countries, to characterize these patients as a diagnostic category [6, 8]. This term covers a broad range of dementing and non-dementing processes with different aetiologies [14].