Sentence examples for diminished cognitive function from inspiring English sources
In a 2005 report about insomnia, the National Institutes of Health cited "significant concerns about risks" of such antihistamine sleeping pills, including "residual daytime sedation, diminished cognitive function and delirium, the latter being of particular concern in the elderly".
Previous research indicates that users of illicit substances exhibit diminished cognitive function under stereotype threat.
Most importantly, diminished cognitive function in schizophrenia is a consistent finding, and is most closely linked to the considerable functional disability associated with illness (Shamsi et al, 2011).
In populations where drinking-water arsenic concentrations are high, early-life exposure has been associated with increased fetal mortality, decreased birth weight, and diminished cognitive function (NRC 2014).
5, 6 Diminished cognitive function from Alzheimer's disease may impair the patient's ability to cooperate during an awake FFB if the airway is deemed to be difficult.
The impact of stroke on cognitive function was demonstrated in the diabetic subpopulation of a Dutch study and in the ET2DS, in which an association between stroke and diminished cognitive function persisted after adjustment for estimated pre-morbid ability [ 20, 25, 51].
According to DSM-IV [1], major depression is characterised by either depressed mood or anhedonia, in combination with four additional symptoms related to weight changes, sleep disturbances, psychomotor agitation or retardation, fatigue, feelings of worthlessness or guilt, diminished cognitive functioning, or recurrent thoughts of death.
Genetic and environmental factors can influence PFC excitability, and repeated cocaine alters the excitability of the PFC by biasing neurons towards strong inputs, such as those associated with drug cues, which may diminish cognitive function.
He said it diminishes cognitive functioning and, even worse, forces children to stay home from school.
Diabetes is a risk factor that exacerbates pathophysiological changes in Alzheimer's transgenic mice and cultured cells, with synergistic interactions that increase generation of advanced glycation products and ROS and diminish cognitive function (Burdo et al., 2009).
These combine with diminished hearing and eyesight; diminished mobility and balance; diminished respiratory and kidney function; and diminished cognitive abilities.
