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Neuro DisordersExam4
Question | Answer |
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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 |