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What is the Early on-set age for Alzheimer's?
Before age 65
What is hypertension?
What is Alzheimer disease? and what brain region is attacked first
Rapid spell death of neurons in the brain
High blood sugar
What are delusions in alzheimer patients?
persistent beliefs of contrary beliefs (not true)
What are plaques?
Smelling, seeing, touching, tasting, hearing things that re not there. no seneory output or input
what are tangles
clumps of fiber proteins in memory areas in the brain
What is diabetes
when the person does not have enough insulin
high fat diet during middle adulthood?
when the person begins to eat more fatty foods
% of alz pateints in the us who are women
2/3 of patients
what is donepezil
agonist for neurotransmitters, meant to slow down the breakdown of neurons un the hippocampus
what is memantine
antagonist, overall cognitive function. can excite then neurotransmitters
lecanemab
monocural antibody that is given through IV, and targets and binds beta amyloids plaques
brexpiprazole
antipsychotic medications, targets delusions, paranoia, and delusions (dopamine)