neuro extras

Question 1

frontotemporal dementia investig

Answer 1

MRI - shows atrophy

Question 2

frontotemporal dementia symptoms

Answer 2

degenerative
memory loss, personality changes
frontal - behavioural emotional
temporal - language impair, aphasia

Question 3

frontotemporal dementia treatment

Answer 3

no cure

symp alleviation - antidepressants antipsychotics

Question 4

frontotemporal dementia cause/rf

Answer 4

clumps of abnormal protein forming inside brain cells

fam hist only known rf

Question 5

vascular dementia cause/rf

Answer 5

vasculitis, multiple cerebrovascular events, chronic ischaemia = reduce blood supply to brain
smoking, chronic hpn, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia

Question 6

vascular dementia investig

Answer 6

CT/MRI

Question 7

vascular dementia pres

Answer 7

progressive stepwise cognitive function impair

can improve a bit and then get worse again

Question 8

vascular dementia treatment

Answer 8

antihypertensive drugs

lifestyle

Question 9

lewy body dementia treatment

Answer 9

acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

dopamine analogue for parkinsonian symp

Question 10

lewy body dementia pres

Answer 10

psychotic - hallucinations
later stages of parkinsons
degenerative
50-85 yrs
more rapid decline than alzheimers

Question 11

alzheimers investig

Answer 11

CT (Mini–Mental State Examination)

Question 12

alzheimers treatment

Answer 12

acetylcholinesterase inhib
vit E
aducanumab - reduces amyloid plaque

Question 13

alzheimers pres and common aspects mnemonic

Answer 13

-inability to remember new info
executive dysfunction
behavioural/psych at later stage

Reduction of Ach
Old age
Neurofibrillary tangles
Atrophy of cerebral cortex
Language impairment
Down's syndrome

Question 14

alzheimers RF

Answer 14

old age
family hist
trisomy 21 (downs)