Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Salem doesn't remember
- Anatomy of the Limbic system
- Physiology of memory and learning
- Intermediate long term memory
- Short-term memory
- Sensory memory
- Long term memory
- Acute delirium
- serious disturbance in mental
abilities
- Causes
- Certain medications or
drug toxicity
- Certain medical conditions
(Stroke/ MI)
- Metabolic imbalances
- Chronic or terminal
illness
- Forgetfulness
- Causes
- Lack of sleep
- Medications
- Underactive thyroid
- Alcohol
- Alcohol messes with the hippocampus
- Alcohol affects the short therm memory
- Dementia
- Development of memory impairment and other cognitive deficits
severe enough to decrease the person’s capacity to function at
the previous level.
- Always related to injury of the CORTEX
- Causes
- Diabetes
- Ethanol
- Medication
- Infection and sepsis
- Slow Viruses
- Characteristics example
- Shivering
- Dementia
- Paralysis
- Loss of muscle tone
- caused by conventional viruses
- -Prions -SSPE -AIDS
-PML
- Types
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills
- Types
- Mild Alzheimer’s
- Moderate Alzheimer’s
- Severe Alzheimer’s
- Classification
- Based on the Inflammatory Response
- -Inflammatory
-Non-Inflammatory
-Cortical
- Based on the Onset or Trigger Type
- -Early-Onset Alzheimer's
-Late-Onset Alzheimer's
- Risk genes
- APP
- Contributes to disease when gets cleaved by the enzyme
- PS-1
- PS-2
- APOE4
- Signs and symptoms
- Memory impairment
- Difficulty concentrating, planning or problem-solving
- Changes in mood
- Pathophysiology
- Investigations
- Clinical criteria
- MRI
- Vascular pathology
- EEG
- Genetic testing
- Management
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- -Tacrine -Donepezil
-Rivastigmine
-Galantamine
- NMDA antagonist
- Memantine