A universal guide to dementia.
A capital-and-science map: where money and research get stuck, who is duplicating whom, cited trial outcomes, open NCT links, and labelled regional access — not a family care-guide homepage.
Science map
Walk the graph before you fund the next bet.
Bottlenecks name constraints. Ideas propose a test. Trials and Who pages show who already ran or funds related work.
Diagnoses on the map
Dementia is not one condition.
Labels help match care, trials, and medicines. They do not replace a clinical assessment. Alzheimer’s disease is the deepest template on this atlas.
Alzheimer's disease (AD)
A progressive condition that typically begins slowly, destroying short-term memory and other mental functions over time. The most common cause of dementia.
Vascular dementia
Cognitive decline resulting from reduced blood flow to the brain, often from multiple small strokes (multi-infarct dementia). Symptoms depend on which brain areas are affected.
Lewy body dementia (LBD)
A progressive condition that may include visual hallucinations, decline in reasoning and mobility (tremors, falls), and fluctuating alertness. Caused by microscopic protein deposits in the brain.
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD)
A group of disorders caused by nerve-cell loss in the frontal and temporal lobes, which shrink over time. Affects executive function, decision-making, behavior, and language.
Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Cognitive disruption from a violent blow or jolt to the head, including concussions. Effects depend on injury severity and location.
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS)
A neurological disorder caused by severe thiamin (vitamin B1) deficiency, often associated with chronic alcohol misuse. Affects memory, coordination, and vision.
Household (secondary)
Care guide stays available.
Family next steps live under Care guide and Resources. They are not the capital-and-science front door.
Safety boundary
Investigational and off-label options appear only as a cited research map with NCT enrollment links and clinician-mediated framing. This site does not publish home-use recipes for unapproved drugs.