neuro extras Flashcards

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frontotemporal dementia investig

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MRI - shows atrophy

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frontotemporal dementia symptoms

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

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frontotemporal dementia treatment

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no cure

symp alleviation - antidepressants antipsychotics

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frontotemporal dementia cause/rf

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clumps of abnormal protein forming inside brain cells

fam hist only known rf

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vascular dementia cause/rf

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

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vascular dementia investig

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CT/MRI

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vascular dementia pres

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progressive stepwise cognitive function impair

can improve a bit and then get worse again

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vascular dementia treatment

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antihypertensive drugs

lifestyle

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lewy body dementia treatment

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acetylcholinesterase inhibitor

dopamine analogue for parkinsonian symp

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lewy body dementia pres

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

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CT (Mini–Mental State Examination)

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alzheimers treatment

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acetylcholinesterase inhib
vit E
aducanumab - reduces amyloid plaque

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alzheimers pres and common aspects mnemonic

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-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
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alzheimers RF

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old age
family hist
trisomy 21 (downs)

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