Cognitive Neurology Flashcards

1
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what is cognition?

A

mental action of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience and the senses

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2
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what process are encompassed by cognition?

A

attention

social functioning

language

learning and memory

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3
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diagnosis of dementia needs evidence of decline in how many cognitive areas?

A

at least one

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4
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what acute disorders can cause cognitive decline?

A

viral encephalitis

head injury

stroke

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5
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describe transient global amnesia

A

difficulty in laying down new memories

settles within 24 hours

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6
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transient global amnesia is common in which population?q

A

retirement

thought to be related to emotional change/trauma

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7
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which cognitive disorder is assoc w temporal lobe seizures?

A

transient epileptic amnesia

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8
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how long does transient epielptic amnesia generally last?

A

20-30mins

should repsond to anti epileptic medication

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9
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which subacute disorders can cause cogtinive decline?

A

alocohol

CO

neurodegeneration

metabolic

infection/inflammatory

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10
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what is functional cognitive disorder?

A

everyday forgetfullness that has an impact on functioning

(sympoms can flutuate but not attributed to any specific cognitive disorder)

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what are some examples of ‘forgetfullness’ seen in functional cognitve disorder?

A

losing keys and wallet

forgetting car journeys

losing track of conversations

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12
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what is prion disease?

A

group of progressive neurodegenerative conditions

prion protein causes abnornal folding of proteins within the brain

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13
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what is the most common type of prion disease?

A

Creutsfeldt-Jakob disease

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14
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is creutz-jakob disease fatal?

A

yes

onset around 60 and usually die within a year

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15
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what are gradual onset disorders that cause cognitive decline?

A

alzheimer’s

frontotemproal dementia

vascualr dementia

dementia w lewy bodies

parkinsons

huntingtons

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16
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what protein is present in alzheimers disease?

A

amyloid plaques → present w forgetfullness

17
Q

what is an unusual presentation of alzheimers?

A

posterior cortical atrophy- visuospatial distrubance

commonly referred from ophthalmology

18
Q

what is teh age of onset of frontotemproal dementia?

19
Q

what causes damage in frontotemproal dementia?

A

protein aggregation leads to cell damage

20
Q

what are early frontal features of frontotemporal dementia?

A

disinhibition (no filter)

loss of empathy

compulsive beahviours

21
Q

what is the age of onset of vascular dementia?

22
Q

what will be present in vascular dementia?

A

cerbrovascular disease

23
Q

small vessel disease in vascular dementia casues what symtpoms?

A

dec in attention

slowed processing

difficulty pallning

trouble understanding

24
Q

dementia w lewy bodies leads to disruption of which pathways?

A

cholinergic and dopaminergic

25
fluctuating cognition and recurrent well formed visual hallucinations is seen in which type of dementia?
lewy body dementia
26
of frontotmeporal and vascualr dementia, which is early and which is late onset?
early onset = frontotemporal \<65yrs late onset = vascular \>65yrs