Cognitive neurology Flashcards
1
Q
Is consciousness impaired in dementia?
A
no
2
Q
Causes of dementia
A
Alzheimer’s disease
Vascular dementia
Dementia with Lewy bodies
Parkinson’s dementia
Frontotemporal dementia
3
Q
What is the commonest cause of dementia?
A
mixed pathology
4
Q
What proteins can accumulate in the brain in Alzheimer’s?
A
Amyloid
Tau
5
Q
What proteins can accumulate in the brain in frontotemporal dementia?
A
Tau
TDP-43
6
Q
What proteins can accumulate in the brain in Parkinson’s/Dementia with Lewy bodies/Multisystems atrophy?
A
Alpha synclein
7
Q
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