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normal aging problems
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memory-forgetting names, newly learned lists of info
shortened attention span slowed learning decreased ability to perform complex tasks irregular and fragmented sleep with early awakenings No or minimal loss of: vocabulary, reading, and language ability |
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trisomy 21
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Alzheimer-like dementia superimposed on mental retardation
Similar brain pattern: atrophy, neurofibrillary tangles, loss of neurons in the nucleus basalis of meynert, amyloid plaques, cholinergic depletion |
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Dementia of Lewy Bodies (DLB)
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occurs in individuals over 65
30% of cases lewy bodies are intracytoplasmic inclusion in cerebral neurons that stain with alpha-synuclein antibodies localized to substantia nigrain Parkinson's disease cause similar nonspecific cognitive deficits like AD AD and LBD differ in noncognitive clinical features. DLB characterized by mild extrapyramidal (parkinson like) features (e.g., masked face, bradykinesia, and gait impairment) arise within one year of dementia visual hallucinations occur early REM sleep behavior disorder (act out dreams), wander and become lost,loss of speech, control movement, and respond to environment, general incontinence, swallowing impaired, muscles grow rigid |
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Alzheimer's dementia
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Cognitive
early stage-conversant, sociable, perform routine tasks; problems with recalling facts, items (e.g., keys), words, changes in judgment mid-decreased ability to recall names and words (anomia), frequently misplacing items, decrease in spontaneous speech, depression late-lapses in awareness, personality changes, need help with routine and self-care tasks, constructional apraxia, delusions and hallucinations |
