Symptoms
Types
Causes
Stages
Brain Imaging
100
What is the most frequent Alzheimer's symptom
What is Memory Loss Extra points: Memory loss, especially in recent events, names, placement of objects, and other new information
100
This type of Alzheimer's includes only one percent of the people with the disease
What is- Familial Alzheimer's
100
What does the degradation of brain neurons cause?
What is- Brain Tangles
100
What average to people survive with Alzheimer's?
What is- eight years
100
What does fMRI stand for?
What is- Functional Magnetic resonance imaging
200
What are three symptoms of Alzheimer's?
What is-
200
This type of the disease includes ten percent of the people with Alzheimer's
What is- Early Onset Alzheimer's
200
What protein are brain plaques made of?
What is- Beta-amyloid peptide protein
200
In What region of the brain does Late Onset Alzheimer's begin?
What is- the hippacampus
200
What type of brain imaging technique builds up a picture of the brain based on the differential absorption of X-rays?
What is- CT (Computed Tomography)
300
What are some warning signs of Alzheimer's?
What is-
300
This type of the disease includes seventy nine percent of all the people with Alzheimer's
What is- Late- onset Alzheimer's
300
What are the two main causes of Alzheimer's
What is- Brain tangles and brain plaques
300
In the region where Alzheimer's begins what does that region of the brain process?
What is- language, logical thought, emotion, senses, oldest memory, coordination, breathing, and the heart
300
What does the brain imaging technique PET stand for?
What is- positron emission tomography
400
What is an example for the symptom difficulty with complex mental assignments
What is- Balancing a checkbook or other tasks involving numbers
400
What is the most common age average for people to get Alzheimer's?
What is- sixty five
400
What uses the neurons as "tracks" and travels along them?
What is- food molecules and other key materials
400
Brain Tangles and Plaques begin to form in brain areas involved in what?
What is- Learning and memory, Thinking and planning
400
What brain imaging technique is capable of detecting changes in electrical activity in the brain on a milli-second level?
What is- EEG (Electrocephalography)
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