Sleep
What benefit of sleep affects necrosis and birth of cells?
Release of growth hormone
How can narcolepsy be diagnosed?
With a 24-hr EEG
Most common cause of dementia
Alzheimer's disease
T/F: Medication used for alzheimer's can lead to better quality of life, but isn't a fix
True
Most common cholinterase inhibitors
- Donezepril (aricept)
- Rivastigmine (regonol)
How much sleep is needed for infants?
16 hours/day
What state of consciousness is characterized by no evident cerebral cortical function and not being able to track objects w/ eyes open?
Wakeful unresponsiveness (vegetative)
What diagnosis is characterized by corticobasal ganglionic degeneration?
Lewy Body Dementia
In what stages of Alzheimer's is medication most effective?
Early stages, loses effectiveness over time
This is seen as only being able to "see 1/2 of the world"
hemianopsia
How much sleep is needed by teenagers?
9 hours/night
What stage of sleep has the most electrical activity?
REM sleep
What diagnosis is characterized by primarily frontal/temporal atrophy and overshadowing personality/behavioral changes?
Pick's Disease
Two leading causes of dementia
1) Alzheimer's
2) Vascular
What dementia-related diagnosis includes a genetic link and destruction of the striatum?
Huntington's disease
How much sleep is needed by adults?
8-9 hours/day
In what stage of sleep does dreams occur?
Delta activity
What aspect of Alzheimer's is characterized by the inability to create new memories, attentional deficit and spatial sense?
Anterograde amnesia
What is defined as age-related memory impairment?
Subjective/Mild cognitive decline
Lewy body is characterized by a decrease in what neurotransmitter?
Dopamine
What is the main pathology for narcolepsy?
Distortion of REM sleep
Memory encoding
Where are amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles usually found?
hippocampus and amygdala
What dementia-related diagnosis is commonly found in alcoholics?
Wernicke-Korsakoff
What dementia-related diagnosis is characterized by gait disturbance and urinary incontinence?
Normal pressure hydrocephalus