week2 Flashcards
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What type of Alzheimers disease is associated with aging?
SporadiC Azheiners disease
AD is associated with loss of cells from which part of the brain?
hippocampus ,Iimbic system, and prefrontal cortex
hippocampus dose what ?
hippocampus is associated with : Regulating emotions and memory particularly long term memory
- Prefrontal cortex is responsible for ?
- Prefronta cortex is responsible for short term or working memory also for motivation .
limbic system contains the amygdala the hippocampus The thalamus and the hypothalamus the basal ganglia and the cingulate gyrus : It has important functions in?
limbic system contains the amygdala the hippocampus The thalamus and the hypothalamus the basal ganglia and the cingulate gyrus : It has important functions in memory formation and emotional regulation
Treatment of alzheimers diseases
- can not be modified by current pharmacology
True or false?
True only treat the symptoms
Status epilepticus is when the duration of the seizure is extended (5min ) and dose not spontaneously resolve or multiple seizures occure one after the other without time for the patient to recover.
Why is this a medical emergency?
lead to brain damage and death