memory in adolescents
In the recent paper by M trovato and colleagues from the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore (the United states of America), an ivestigation was carried out to look into the efficacy of donepezil on the memory; this was carried out on three adolescents who were suffering from traumatic brain injury.
By testing single adolescent patients for factors such as total number of words recalled and the ability to continue to recall words after time, memory was tested in brain injury both receiving and not receiving medication. It was found that patients who were receiving medicine had a much improved memory function than those who were not receiving medicine, and that no side effects were observed. this suggests that the use of donepezil may be of great benefit to adolescent sufferes of traumatic brain injuries.
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