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