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Diagnostic goal

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whether or not cognitive changes are above and beyond what we expect from normal aging

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Dementia

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a collection of cognitive/personality/behavioral changes associated with disease progression

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Atrophy

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neuronal loss leading to loss of brain volume

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cortical dementia

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affects behavior, personality, and memory.
-alzheimers, FTD

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Subcortical dementia

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affects motor, processing speed, and attention
-Parkinson’s, Huntington’s

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Mixed dementia

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affects cortical and subcortical areas
-lewy body, vascular dementia

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Alzheimer’s Disease

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most common dementia, 50%
-majority dev after 65
-risk increases with age
-onset can happen as early as 40

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Alzheimer’s pathology

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characterized with abnormal protein deposits (amyloid plaques and tau tangles)
-initial degeneration occurs in the medial temporal lobe (memory), the hippocampus, and the entorhinal cortex
-later spreads to the parietal and frontal cortexes (perceptual, visual, and exec. funtioning)

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Alzheimer’s MRI finding

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temporal and parietal lobe atrophy, enlargement of the ventricles

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Mild Alzheimer’s

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memory lapses, word finding problems, trouble with planning and organizing

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Moderate Alzheimer’s

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more pronounced memory and word finding problems, increased executive concerns, personality changes, changes in sleep patterns

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Severe Alzheimer’s

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brain tissue shrink significantly, severe cog impairments, withdrawl

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Alzheimer’s early deficits

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memory impairment (amnesia), rapid forgetting, impaired learning, semantic memory deficits

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Alzheimer’s later deficits

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global cognitive impairment, visual agnosia, aphasia

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Vascular dementia

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2nd most common (10% pure 15%mixed)
-onset b/t 60-75

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VD risk factors

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stroke, high bp, diabetes, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity

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VD course

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depends on when/where ischemic event occurs in the brain
-often a stepwise pattern (periods of stability followed by rapid deterioration due to additional strokes)

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VD pathology

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cause; cerebrovascular disease or impaired cerebral blood flow
-frontal subcortical profile (slow processing, attention, concentration, exec functioning)
-impaired memory as a consequence of impaired attention/concentration
-spec deficits due to lesion location

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Frontal temporal dementia

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4th most common
-onset b/t 50-60 (earlier than most)
-Risk: genetics and presence of ubiquitin

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FTD pathology

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inclusion bodies and pick bodies
-regional cortical atrophy, predom in frontal or temporal lobes
-degeneration of some aspect of frontal or temporal lobes

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inclusion bodies

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accumulation of protein inside cells that are markers of disease

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Pick bodies

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tau inclusions and ubiquitin inclusions

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Behavioral variant FTD

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atrophy, neuronal loss of the frontal cortex
- tauopathy with tau positive inclusions

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PPA variants

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nonfluent/agrammatic, semantic, logopenic

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Nonfluent/agrammatic PPA

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frontal and basal ganglia atrophy
-Intact: meaning of words
-Impaired: grammar and speech production

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Semantic PPA

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temporal atrophy
-intact: fluent speech
-impaired: meaning of words

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Logopenic PPA

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temporal and parietal atrophy
-intact: comprehension
-impaired: word finding

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PPA vs aphasia from stroke

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Aphasia from stroke appears suddenly and does not worsen
PPA is a neruodegen disorder and develops gradually and worsens over time

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FTD behavioral presentation

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personality changes consistent with frontal systems dysfunction
-loss of social awareness, apathy, social withdrawal, decreased personal hygiene, etc.

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FTD neruopsych presentation

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exec dysfunction, memory dysfunction, language deficits, intact visuospatial and orientation

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AD vs FTD: AD
(memory, rapid forgetting, exec dysfunction, personality change)

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memory: early
rapid forgetting: present
Exec dysfunction: later on
Personality change: later on

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AD vs FTD: FTD
(memory, rapid forgetting, exec dysfunction, personality change)

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Memory: later
rapid forgetting: absent
Exec dysfunction: early on
Personality change: early on

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Parkinson’s disease/dementia

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motor symptoms related to dysfunction w/in nigrostriatal dopaminergic pathways
non-motor associated with progressive impairment in other dopaminergic pathways
-hypokinetic (loss of muscle movement)

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PD epidemiology

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peak onset around 60
-7-8 years after diagnosis become wheelchair bound
-neuropsych involvement predictor of progression rate

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PD causes

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dopamine involved in control and coordination of body movement
- loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantria nigra (of basal ganglia)
-reduction of dopamine leads to dif with controlling movement
neuronal loss is slow, so symptoms become noticeable after 80% of cells in sub. nigra are gone

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PD symptoms

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Motor: tremors, slow movements (bradykinesia), involuntary muscle contractions, shuffling gait
non-motor: depression, anxiety, apathy, pain, fatigue
cog: processing speed, working mem, language

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PD treatments

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L-DOPA: precursor to dopamine that can pass BBB, mod doses decrease motor

Deep brain stim: implants electrodes w/in spec brain regions

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Lewy body

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12-27%
b/t 50-70
-slow, 5-7 years
-cognitive deficits present before motor
-punctuated by periods of fluctuation of mental status/orientation

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LB pathology

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lewy bodies that are diffusely spread
-brainstem, cortical areas, hippo, midbrain, basal ganglia
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LB behavior

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fluctuating attention/mental status
-parkinsonian symptoms
-hallucinations
-sleep problems

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Huntington’s disease

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hyperkinetic movement disorder
-inherited caused by mutations in HTT gene
-leads to degeneration of neurons in basal ganglia
-30-50
progresses 15 days after onset

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HD pathology

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loss of some neurons in the caudate
-indirect b. ganglia thalamocortical circuitry affected
-at death, brain volume can be decreased by as much as 25%

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HD symptoms

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chorea (involuntary dance), bradykinesia (slow movement), dystonia (involuntary muscle contractions, parkinsonian, exec function, mem loss

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ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

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neruodegen disease that causes progressive loss of motor neurons w/in spinal cord and cranial nerves
-results in continual difficulties with controlling voluntary movements
-initial presentation can be either limb or bulbar onset

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ALS early symptoms

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limb: muscle twitching, cramps, weakness, stiffness
Bulbar: muscle twitches in tongue, slurred speech, chewing and swallowing diff

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ALS epidemiology

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58-80
survival for 3-4 years

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ALS cog& behavorial

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exec dysfunction
depression, apathy, low motivation

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ALS treatment

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no cure, slow progression

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