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Volume 4
Clinical Neuropsychology: Open Access
Neuropsychiatry 2018
August 27-28, 2018
August 27-28, 2018 Tokyo, Japan
8
th
Global Experts Meeting on
Advances in Neurology and Neuropsychiatry
James Montgomery Barber, ClinNeuropsychol 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.4172/2472-095X-C1-002
Normal pressure hydrocephalus: A treatable form of dementia
James Montgomery Barber
The Royal London Hospital, UK
T
he world’s population is aging at a dramatic rate. The number of persons aged 60 or above is expected to more than
double by 2050 and more than triple by 2100. As a result, the proportion of humans with age-related cognitive decline will
literally ‘explode’, creating a massive financial and productivity burden that could be catastrophic to global economies. Whilst
the underlying mechanisms, aetiology in precipitating such decline are poorly understood, there are a subset of patients who
respond favorably to a neurosurgical intervention that shunts cerebrospinal fluid from the brain into the abdomen. In this talk
we will look at some of the theories behind how this condition develops, current techniques to treat it and potential future
therapeutic directions that may have applications across the whole spectrum of cognitive disorders in the elderly.
Biography
James Montgomery Barber has obtained his MBBS from University College London in 1999. He has been working in Neurosurgery since 2005, having been a
Consultant in The Royal London Hospital for the past two years. His main areas of practice are neurotrauma, neuromodulation, complex CSF-flow disorders and
craniofacial reconstruction. He has published the first case series in the UK of the implantation of a wireless intracranial pressure monitor.
jamesmbarber@doctors.org.uk