Lewy bodies - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Neurocognitive disorders - delirium and dementia Dementia - -a group of symptoms that mainly affects memory, cognition and social interactions, and the ability to do everyday tasks. -Symptoms start gradually often with no clear beginning, and are usually permanent. -Most dementias are caused by neurodegenerative diseases, most commonly Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal dementia • clumps of abnormal proteins to build up inside neurons, damaging them, and causing th...

Biochemistry SHELF Revised Questions and Correct Answers Graded A++ branched amino acids Val, leu, ile essential amino acids PVT TIM HALL -OH amino acids Tyr, Ser, Thr Maple syrup urine disease: deficiency of Alpha-keto acid dehydrogenase Lesch-Nyhan syndrome Deficiency in hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase. Defect in purine salvage reactions. Orange sand urine, self-mutilation and mental retardation. PKU Phe hydroxylase deficiency. Need cofactor BH4; mental retardatio...

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NCTRC exam 4 Question and answers correctly solved NCTRC exam mental retardation - correct answer scoring significantly below average on the standardized IQ test, most commonly used classification is the one used by the American Psychiatric Association - mild, moderate, severe, and profound Autism - correct answer considered a spectrum disorder because the symptoms and characterizes present themselves in a wide variety of combinations; behaviors - hyperactivity, short attention span, imp...

Brain Atrophy - ️️Severe shrinking of the entire cortex Severely enlarged ventricles Severe shrinkage of hippocampus Rate of neuronal loss accelerates as the disease progresses Whole brain weight decreased by 10% to 19% Not evenly distributed Mostly in gyri of association areas Relatively less: primary motor, primary somatosensory and primary visual cortices -- Mostly the medial temporal lobe is affected -- - If it is purely AD, motor and sensation normal Top 9 Early Signs - ️️...

91 Pages Topics Covered: Dementias 10 Fronto-Temporal Dementia 11 Alzheimer’s Disease 12 Dementia with Lewy Bodies 12 Vascular Dementia 13 Delirium 14 Organic Mental Disorders 16 Disorders due to psychoactive substance use (incl. alcohol) 17 Alcohol addiction 17 Drug Addiction 19 Benzodiazepine Addiction 20 Psychotic disorders 21 Schizophrenia 21 Schizoaffective Disorder 24 Delusional Disorder 25 Affective disorders 26 Depression 26 Mania 28 Bipolar Affective Disorder 2...

MKSAP 18 NEURO Questions With Correct Review Solution 2023/2024 A+ 1) stereotyped movements (essentially the same from one event to the next), eyes being open, cyanosis due to cessation of breathing, a duration of 2 to 5 minutes, stiffness and falling before symptoms of shaking, shaking that initially is fast but gradually slows and stops, and postictal confusion. - Answer-generalized tonic-clonic seizure 2) variability of symptoms, closing of eyes, long duration of shaking that waxes ...

ANA 442 Exam 3 (Answered) 2022 Graded A+ PD as not just a disease of DA neurons Midbrain/brainstem and some peripheral DA neurons of SN and VTA 5-HT neurons of brainstem, descending projections NE neurons of LC Substance P, ACh, Vagal nerves ALL SEEM TO BE LIGHTLY MYELINATED Clinical PD Bradykinesia Rigidity resting tremor gait changes Biochemistry of PD 80% loss of DA in caudate/putamen Pathology of PD 50% loss of DA neurons in Pars Compacta (SN) Premotor Phase of PD const...

Buttaro Chapter 192 Dementia EXAM [100% VERIFIED] What percentage of people >65 have dementia? *Ans* 5-10% What percentage of people >85 have dementia? *Ans* 45-50% Most common type of dementia *Ans* Alzheimer's disease DSM IV defines dementia as *Ans* The development of multiple cognitive deficits as a result of the direct physiologic effects of a general medical condition, the persisting effects of a substance, or multiple etiologies. Different types of dementia *Ans* Alzheim...

Confusion - definition Correct Answer loss of intellectual ability in areas of: Memory, concentration, attention, orientation, comprehension, interpretation Delirium - definition Correct Answer ACUTE onset - attention deficit, fluctuating course, disorganized thinking, AMS Delirium risk factors? Correct Answer elderly - post op - most common complication Drugs - 40% contributing risk factor Most common in hospitalized pts. Dementia - definition (DSM IV) Correct Answer SLOW decline ov...