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Exam 14: Normal Aging and Dementia: Alzheimers Disease

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Provide a functional definition of dementia (including what it is not).Then list and define the 3 subtypes/classifications of dementia mentioned in Chapter 14.

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Dementia must first be understood as a c...

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Alzheimer's disease is a subcortical dementia.

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Diagnostic criteria for dementia include:

Individuals with Alzheimer's disease are impaired on visual spatial tests that ask them to draw objects on command.

Both the famous Nun and Scottish studies show a correlational link between early intelligence and the health of the aging brain.

A decrease in the neurotransmitter ____________________,which is used by neurons in the basal forebrain and hippocampus,is a major cause of the symptoms seen in Alzheimer's disease.

Compare and contrast crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence.In your discussion,define each concept,explain how each type of intelligence changes with normal aging,and,based on the research presented in the text,hypothesize as to why a 70-year-old person may show more cognitive decline than a 90-year-old person.

Cortical dementia is to ____ as subcortical dementia is to ____.

A 65-year-old male with a college degree and a managerial position would be expected to perform better on tests of ____ than an aged peer who dropped out of high school and held mostly manual labor jobs.

The neuritic plaques found in Alzheimer's Disease contain an amino acid peptide protein core termed ____________________.

Which of the following statistics is true about the aging baby boomer population?

What loss of tissue is evident in this picture? Given that this came from an 80-year-old,is it possible to diagnosis a disorder based on this?

Excess disability in the case of dementia may be:

Currently available drugs to treat dementia,particularly AD,target which system?

Retrieval cues greatly enhance memory in individuals with Alzheimer's disease.

Habitual ways of solving problems is a form of ____________________.

Most individuals with Alzheimer's Disease will perform well on procedural memory tasks.

Diagnostic problem.Read the following case and make a list of possible diagnoses,explaining:

If you wanted to teach a patient with moderate to severe AD how to use a wheelchair,the best strategy to use would be:

Typically,individuals with ____________________ have poor attention,disorganized thinking,perceptual disruption,disorientation,memory impairment,and an altered state of consciousness.It does not signal the presence of dementia,but is a transient cognitive problem associated with an acute confusional state.