Dementia

Question 1

frontotemporal dementia

Answer 1

compulsive behaviours
altered eating
Picks Disease
emotion and personality disorder

Question 2

intracellular protein aggregation in frontotemporal dementia

Answer 2

Tau , TDP-43 and FUS

Question 3

DLB

Answer 3

lewy bodies
neurofibrillary tangles
Parkinson symptoms
fluctuating cognition
visual hallucinations
REM phase sleep disorder

Question 4

DLB proteins

Answer 4

amyloid plaques , alpha-synuclein and tau

Question 5

vascular dementia cause

Answer 5

mini strokes depriving neurons from oxygen and nutrients

Question 6

vascular dementia

Answer 6

cognitive decline
thinking and reasoning impaired
memory
motor movement
mood disorder

Question 7

Alzeheimers

Answer 7

memory and cognitive delcine
personality disorder
progression

Question 8

proteins in Alzehimers

Answer 8

amyloid beta and tau tangles

Question 9

acetylcholineesterase inhibitors

Answer 9

rivastigmine, galantamine and donepezil

Question 10

what forms of dementia are cholinesterase inhibitors utilised in?

Answer 10

AL, vascular and LBD

Question 11

added feature of galantamine

Answer 11

nicotinic receptor agonist + antiapoptipic

Question 12

when are cholinesterase inhibitors used?

Answer 12

mod-severe

Question 13

acetylcholinesterase adverse effects

Answer 13

GIT
psychotropic
hypertension
fainting
depression

Question 14

contraindications of acetlylcholinesterases

Answer 14

COPD
asthma
seiures
parkinsons disease

Question 15

relationship between TAD and acetlycholinesterase inhibitors ?

Answer 15

antagonise acetlycholineterase inhibitors

Question 16

how does rivastigmine differ from other cholinergic esterases?

Answer 16

also binds to butylcholinesterase

Question 17

contraindications of memantine

Answer 17

epilepsy
hypertension
heart attack

Question 18

memantine mechanism of action

Answer 18

inhibits glutamate receptors