Posterior cortical atrophy

Alzheimer’s is a progressive and deteriorating condition that affects the brain`s nerve cells, resulting in the declining of mental functions. Posterior Cortical Atrophy is referred to as the loss of brain cells within the outer layer of the brain, mainly affecting the area in the back of the head, where visual information is processed. Terry Pratchett was a well-known novelist, with forty-seven novels in the past twenty-five years; selling almost sixty million copies worldwide. In December 2007

The debate over the use of euthanasia is ever growing. This is due to the fact of constant increases in medical advances. Medical advances are growing the number of medicines one can be given before palliative care is an option. The main concern of the debate is whether trying new treatments and medicines are necessary before palliative care is given. Two articles will be analyzed using the Aristotelian method. Both articles are valid, but the New York Times article written by Haider Javed Warraich

This essay will discuss the form of Alzheimer’s dementia Posterior Cortical Atrophy, from the aspects of the journey by Sir Terry Pratchett. In addition the essay will discuss symptoms of the disease, pathology, and anatomical structures and locations. Sir Terry Pratchett (Pratchett, 2013) has opened a discussion about dementia due to his diagnosis of Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA). PCA is a type of condition associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that affects the parietal and occipital lobes

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proceeding to the posterior parietal cortex through the superior longitudinal fasciculus. This visual stream is also associated with the magnocellular (M) pathway, which receives most of its input from

neurodegenerative diseases. In this study researchers wanted to observe the effects of DBS on patients with Alzheimer's disease. AD is a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by tissue damage or atrophy in the hippocampus and there is also a deposition of amyloid and tau protein. In the posterior cortical regions there is a formation of neurofibrillary tangles and cerebral hypometabolism which leads to dysfunctional of many neuronal circuits. Previous studies have seen the positive effects of using

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cortices, and right posterior hippocampus. Retrieval of current ABMs was associated with the reliability of left posterior parietal regions including the posterior cingulate cortex, whereas outlying ABM performance was associated with the integrity of the bilateral anterior temporal cortices including the temporal poles (Irish et al., 2014).. These findings suggest that areas specific for semantic memory play a significant role in the retrieval of distant memories, whereas midline posterior parietal structures

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