PLASMA ANIMAL OU FRACTIONS DE CELUI-CI DESTINÉS À ÊTRE UTILISÉS DANS LE TRAITEMENT DE TROUBLES LIÉS À UNE DÉFICIENCE COGNITIVE CHEZ L'HOMME ET LES ANIMAUX DE COMPAGNIE
The present application relates to the administration of plasma, fractions thereof, or mixtures thereof to humans or animals to treat or otherwise improve cognitive impairment disorders, including dementia (e.g., vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, dementia resulting from Alzheimer's disease, dementia resulting from Parkinson's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia resulting from normal pressure hydrocephalus in humans, and cognitive dysfunction syndrome in companion animals), concussion, and traumatic brain injury. In certain embodiments, the invention comprises a method of treating a cognitive impairment disorder in a human or companion animal subject, said method comprising: administering to said subject one or more cognitive functioning tests to identify a subject suffering from a cognitive impairment disorder; and administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of an animal plasma composition; wherein said administration provides an improvement in said subject's results in said one or more cognitive impairment tests.