NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER Flashcards
A DETERIORATION of cognitive function
Dementia
1. Impaired social and occupational
functioning
2. Chronic
A STATE of mental confusion
Delirium
irreversible BRAIN TISSUE deterioration
Alzheimer’s Disease
B-amyloid protein deposits in the Frontal Coxex
Plaques
Protein filaments composed of TAU in axons and neurons in the Hippocampus
Neurofibrillary Tangles
Loss of Neurons in the FRONTAL and
TEMPORAL lobes, impairment of
EXECUTIVE functions, difficulty
recognizing and regulating emotion, caused by MULTIPLE GENETIC PATHWAYS
Frontotemporal Dementia
A ape of Dementia that typically results from STROKE
Vascular Dementia
2 subtypes of Dementia with Lewy
Bodies (DLB)
- with Parkinson’s
- nO Parkinson’s
Inflammation of Brain Tissues caused by VIRUSES
Encephalitis
Inflammation of the COVERING
MEMBRANES caused by BACTERIA
Meningitis
Clouded state of Consciousness
Delirium