week2 Flashcards

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What type of Alzheimers disease is associated with aging?

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SporadiC Azheiners disease

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AD is associated with loss of cells from which part of the brain?

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hippocampus ,Iimbic system, and prefrontal cortex

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hippocampus dose what ?

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hippocampus is associated with : Regulating emotions and memory particularly long term memory

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  • Prefrontal cortex is responsible for ?
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  • Prefronta cortex is responsible for short term or working memory also for motivation .
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limbic system contains the amygdala the hippocampus The thalamus and the hypothalamus the basal ganglia and the cingulate gyrus : It has important functions in?

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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

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Treatment of alzheimers diseases
- can not be modified by current pharmacology
True or false?

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True only treat the symptoms

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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?

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lead to brain damage and death

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