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Korsakoff's syndrome
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brain damage caused by prolonged thiamine deficiency
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priming
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one type of implicit memory; phenomenon that seeing or hearing words temporarily increases one's probability of using them
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confabulation
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symptom of Korsakoff's syndrome; making up an answer to a question and then accepting the invented info as if it were a memory
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Alzheimer's disease
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progressive disease, most common in old age, characterized by a severe impairment of memory and attention; caused partly by the deposition of amyloid-B protein in the brain
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amyloid beta protein
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protein that accumulates, clumps with other AB molecules, and damages the membranes of axons and dendrites
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tau
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protein that is part of the intracellular support structure of neurons
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plaques
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structures formed from degenerating axons and dendrites.
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tangles
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structures formed from degenerating structures within neuronal cell bodies.
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