Dementia Flashcards
1
Q
Most common cause of dementia
A
Alzheimer’s disease
2
Q
Causes of dementia
A
Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Vascular dementia, Pick’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson’s disease
3
Q
Signs of Alzheimer’s disease
A
Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques
4
Q
Describe neurofibrillary tangles
A
Twists of Tau proteins
5
Q
Describe senile plaques
A
Dilated neuronal axons
6
Q
Physical sign of dementia
A
Atrophy of cerebral cortex
