Dementia
Progressive loss of intellectual function that eventually interferes with work, relationships, and personal hygiene.
Alzheimer's Disease
Space occupying lesion
Brain tumor
Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
An inhibitory neurotransmitter
Impaired sensation, numbness, tingling, weakness, and muscle wasting.
Peripheral neuropathy
Three criteria are used (eye opening, verbal response, and motor response) and each is scored based on the witness response.
Glascow coma scale
Aids the diagnosis of dementia
EEG and MRI studies
Increased pressure of CSF causes swelling around the optic disc
Papilledema
over-stimulation of pain, pressure, and temperature receptors, causing significant discomfort
Fibromyalgia
Main cause of neuropathy
Diabetes
Coughing and bending over can cause this
Caused by cerebrovascular disease and frequently the result of multiple small brain infarctions.
Vascular dementia
widened pulse pressure, bradycardia, irregular respirations
Cushing's triad
Conditions of abnormal inhibition
Neuropathy and Retinitis
Where most forms of neuropathy appear
Peripheral nervous system
The process by which the body detects and interprets stimuli from the environment
Sensory perception
Can be confused with normal forgetfulness
Dementia
A response to increased blood pressure in a patient with increased ICP
Slow heart rate
Hard of hearing, reduced sight, reduced taste or smell
Central nervous system sensory perception symptoms
Damage in more than one nerve
Polyneuropathy
The period of life from old age to death
Senescence
Caused by progressive cortical atrophy, which leads to dilated ventricles and widening of the sulci
Typical changes in Alzheimer's diease
Alternating apnea and periods of increasing and decreasing respirations
Cheyne-Stokes respirations
An inherited condition that causes progressive blindness.
Retinitis pigmentosa
Inherited disorder that causes neuropathy
Charcot-Marie-Tooth
Caused by infection by a prion
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease