WorksheetsDementia
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Dementia affects the following except :
Memory
Visuospatial
executive function
motor skills
What is not a cause of dementia?
Alzhiemer's disease
Pick's disease
vascular dementia
loss of dopamine
What are two major hallmarks of AD pathology?
tau
amyloid plaques
motor deficits
sensory deficits
Prevalence of dementia is highest in which age group?
85+
60-64
70-74
20-30
PET scans can detect Alzheimer's disease.
True
False
May be
I don't know
Which proteinopathy is this?
Tau
Amyloid
neuron
dendrites
What is PiB PET imaging?
structural scan
binds to brain tumors
amyloid plaques specific imaging
I don't know
Neurofibrillary tangles are also called
tau
amyloid plaques
synapse
dendrites
What is cortical atrophy?
Neuronal death/loss
neurogenesis
myelination
synapse formation
Degeneration of cholinergic system is associated with AD
True
False
No idea
may be
MMSE scores help characterize AD impairment : early diagnosis, mild-moderate, severe
True
False
may be
I don't know
which is the normal brain? Circle one (hint: amyloid scan)
Identify one difference between the two MRI scans
The picture is an example of loss of
visuospatial skills
verbal memory
language
attention
Dementia is an impairment of intellectual function with a compromise in ONLY the language domain.
True
False
may be
I don't know
