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Neuro DisordersExam4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amnesia: | serious loss of memory and/or ability to learn |
| Korsakoff's Syndrome | result from damage to diencephalon (medial temporal area) amnesia, loss of coordination, confusion |
| Semantic Dementia | progressive loss of the ability to retain semantic information; lose meaning of words |
| Alzheimer's Disease | dementia caused by plaques & tangles killing nerve cells |
| Aphasia: | language disorder impairing production & comprehension |
| Aprosodia: | impaired prosody resulting in monotone speech |
| Agnosia | not giving attention to hemispace |
| Prosopagnosia: | inability to recognize known/familiar faces |
| Anosognosia: | denial of illness |
| Akinesia: | impaired initiation of movement |
| Akinetic mutism: | absent speech, decreased limb movements |
| Abulia/apathy: | lack of self-initiated action |