PHAR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Amyloid, Mild Cognitive Impairment
18 Feb 2017
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How alzheimer"s disease guided the way from biochemistry to pharmacology. October 30th, 2015: most common neurodegenerative disease, but no treatment, we have drugs to delay disease but not treat it, high age comes with more chances of getting the disease, 60s there was a baby boom. Now approaching age when disease risk begins to start. Leads to major sociological and economical problem. In alzheimer"s disease, anything that can improve the disease is valued even if there. Somehow made his way to the bakery instead of the breakfast room at the elderly room. Memory loss, language imparity, changes in personality: activities such as crosswords and juggling help prevent alzheimer"s disease at early age, the only reliable diagnostic tool is post-mortem (examination of a corpse) Rule out other diseases (ex. stroke), you probably are diagnosed with. The only way to guess at diagnosis by exclusion strategy.
