The effects of brain trauma- DP10

Question 1

Neurodegenerative disease

Answer 1

a term for a group of diseases that

primarily affect neurons in the brain

Question 2

Forms of Neurodegenerative disease

Answer 2

– Chronic Traumatic Encephalography
– Parkinson’s disease
– Dementia
– Alzheimer's
– Motor neurone disease

Question 3

Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 3

Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that results from a loss
of neurons in the hippocampus and causes memory loss and personality
change.

Question 4

What causes Alzheimer’s disease?

Answer 4

. Amyloid plaques (protein deposits)
• Neurofibrillary tangles
• Cortical shrinkage
• Imbalance in acetylcholine (neurotransmitter)

Question 5

what are symptoms?

Answer 5

Behavioral effects:
– Memory loss, especially declarative memories
– Personality change
– Confusion and disorientation
– Repetition

Question 6

Anterograde amnesia:

Answer 6

an inability to form new memories following an accident

Question 7

Retrograde amnesia:

Answer 7

an inability to retrieve previously stored memories.

Question 8

Anterograde amnesia

Answer 8

Often involves damage to the hippocampus
• Can be the result of brain trauma, surgery or drugs
• Less likely to recover compared to retrograde amnesia and less common
as well

Question 9

Which type of amnesia involves an inability to encode new memories?

Answer 9

Anterograde

Question 10

Which part of the brain do we find large neuron damage in Alzheimer’s sufferers?

Answer 10

Hippocampus

Question 11

What are the group of diseases called that affect neurons in the brain?

Answer 11

Neurodegenerative