Anatomy and Cell Biology 4451F/G Lecture 10: Lecture 10 - Development of Brain and Spinal Cord
9 Jan 2019
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Lecture 10 development of the brain and spinal cord. Alzheimer"s disease, cognitive impairment and white matter inflammation. Note: using cognitive impairment instead of saying dementia. White matter inflammation biology of the disease. Pathogenesis pachyderm impairment connected: research to better understand the risk factors involved in the prevention of cognitive. To look after patients with cognitive impairment requires a lot of time see huge shift in resources: care of patients with alzheimer"s and other cognitive impairments. Like an elephant in the room everyone is touching different parts of it but do not know that it is all. By the time a patient is diagnosed with ad, there is not much you can do. Forgetfulness with effects at work (forgetting names: forgetting familiar things or names (something personal) Problems with spatial and temporal orientation: real problem, patients wander out in middle of no where have no idea where they got there, lost sense of direction.
