Sudden, transient alteration of brain function caused by an abrupt explosive, disorderly discharge of cerebral neurons.
Seizures
A peculiar sensation that immediately precedes a seizure
Aura
Tonic-clonic (jerky, contract-relax) movements associated with some seizures.
Convulsions
An inability to form new memories
Anterograde amnesia
Loss of past memories
Retrograde amnesia
Progressive failure of cerebral functions (cognitive or intellectual) that is not caused by an impaired level of consciousness.
a. Alzheimer's disease
b. cortical dementia
c. dementia
d. retrograde amnesia
c
Symptoms may include loss of recent or remote memory.
a. cortical dementia
b. dementia
c. anterograde amnesia
d. retrograde amnesia
a
Symptoms may include slowed thought processes, personality changes, & loss of motor function (wide shuffling gait)
a. dementia
b. cortical dementia
c. alzheimer's disease
d. subcortical dementia
d
A progressive degenerative disorder of the cerebral cortex and is one of the most common causes of severe cognitive dysfunction in the elderly.
Alzheimer Disease (AD)