Salem doesn’t remember

Salem doesn’t remember

1. What is old age?

   • (WHO) set 55 as the beginning of old age. At the same time, defines old age, not by years, but by new roles, loss of previous roles, or inability to make active contributions to society.
   • What's the difference between normal ageing and dementia?
     • What's confusion?
       • is the inability to think as clearly or quickly as you normally do. Aka delirium
       • Types
         • Hyperactive
           • Hypoactive
             • Sluggish and drowsy
               • Looks withdrawn
           • Agitated
             • Incoherent speech
               • Delusions
     • Dementia
       • Factors affecting memory
         • Sleep
           • Age
             • Stress
               • Exercise

2. Anatomy of the limbic system

   • Limbic lobe
     • Hippocampul formation
       • Septal area
         • Orbitofrontal cortex
       • Hippocampus
         • Dentate gyrus
           • Entorhinal cortex
         • Sabiculum

3. Physiology of memory

   • Sensory memory
     • Ichonic (visual)
     • Echoic (auditory)
     • Working memory
       • Visio-spatial sketchpad
       • phonological loop
       • Central excutive
         • Episodic buffer
           • Long-term memory
             • Explicit
               • Semantic (facts)
                 • Episodic (events)
               • Encoding
                 • Consolidation
                   • Storage
                     • Retrieval
             • Implicit
               • Priming
                 • Procedural

4. Alzheimer's disease

   • Signs and symptoms
   • Pathology
     • Tangles and plaques
       • Beta amyloid and Tau protein
         • Investigations
           • Blood works
             • CT scan
               • MMSE
                 • Prognosis
                   • early diagnosis has a greater chance to benefit from treatments.
           • Treatment
             • AchE inhibitors and NMDA antagonists

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