[Value of bromocriptine in senile dementia].

A study concerning the clinical and electroencephalographic effects of bromocriptine, on senile dementia (senile degenerative, vascular and mixed dementia), was carried out on 22 patients. The protocol for this clinical experiment was inspired from genetic psychology. A posology of 5 milligrams was generally used. The clinical results show an improvement in the motor, operative, and memory functions but especially in the sphere of emotion and behaviour. The electroencephalographic results show in 2/3 to 3/4 of the cases, the reappearance of alpha rhythm, an improvement in the arousal reaction and the reduction of the delta rhythms. The comparison between the clinical and the electroencephalographic results shows an appreciable electro-clinical concordance.