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15: Alzheimer's Disease
15: Alzheimer's Disease
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Physiology
Undergraduate 4
12/06/2011

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Term
Need to know
Definition
1:2, 6
2:1,4,6
3:3
Everything from 4 on
Term
Four structures of the brain that play a role in attention and memory
Definition
-Basal forebrain
-Prefrontal cortex
-Amygdala
-Hippocampus
Term
Dementia
Definition
Memory impairment plus one:
-aphasia
-apraxia
-agnosia
-executive functioning
Term
What is the average duration of Alzheimer’s?
Definition
8 years
Term
Which type of memory goes first?
Definition
Anterograde, then retrograde
Term
Pathology of alzheimer's (4)
Definition
1. Senile plaques
2. Tangles
3. Neuronal cell loss
4. Loss of basal forebrain ACh neurons
Term
Where do plaques and tangles form?
Definition
Areas that control attention, memory, and spatial processing
-PFC
-Amygdala
-Hippocampus
Term
Basal nucleus of Meynert
Definition
Projects cells to the cortex and hippocampus that control ACh activity
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