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Visuospatial function

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parietal lobe (R/L)
visuoconstruction
visuoperception
visuoorientation

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Visuospatial function deficits

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getting lost in familiar environments
visual distortions
agnosias
distortion: oscillopsia, macropsia

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Executive function location

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

posterior parietal lobe

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Social cognition location

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insular cortex
orbitofrontal cortex - response inhibition
anterior cingulate -drive, motivation

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Dementia

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impaired cognition
impaired function
not related to a medical condition/medication
decline from previous function
not related to learning disability
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Examples of dementia

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Alzheimer's 
vascular
Lewy Body
Frontotemporal
Parkinson's disease
Huntington's
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Neuropathology of dementia

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misfolded proteins
Alzheimer’s - beta amyloid
Parkinson’s/lewy body

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Selective vulnerability to dementia

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certain protein aggregates have affinity to certain anatomic regions
Cell death/dysfunction in those regions
does not work 100% of the time
DDx for corticobasilar syndrome

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Recall neuroanatomy

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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Attention/working memory neuroanatomy

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

posterior parietal lobe

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Language neuroanatomy

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Primary auditory cortex
Wernicke’s
Broca’s

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Pentagon test neuroanatomy

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parietal
visual cortex
inferior temporal lobes

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3 step command test neuroanatomy

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dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

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MOCA

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screening
more difficult
better at picking up mild cognitive impairment - 80% sensitivity

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Orientation to time/place brain area

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temporal

frontal

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Orientation to time/place in dementia

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impaired relatively late in course of dementia

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Orientation to person brain area

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SELF: medial prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortex
OTHERS: fusiform gyrus (occipitltemporal gyrus) in temporal lobe

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Orientation to person in dementia

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impaired very late

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Immediate recall impairment brain area

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Wernicke, Broca, Arcuate fasciculus

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Immediate recall impairment in dementia

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Delayed recall (2-3 min) impairment brain area

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Hippocampus

medial temporal lobe (high density of NFT, NP)

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Delayed recall impairment in dementia

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AD > FTD

AD –> rapid rate of forgetting for 10 minutes

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Spelling brain area

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prefrontal
frontal dorsolateral
inferior dorsolateral
inferior parietal
cingulate gyrus
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Spelling impairment in dementia

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Calculation brain area
prefrontal frontal dorsolateral left parietal cingulate gyrus
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Calculation impairent in dementia
AD > FTD > VASC
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Perseveration/inability to shift attention/tasks brain area
frontal lobe
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perseveration/shifting attention/tasks impairment in dementia
FTD > AD
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Naming brain area
L Temporal | Parietal
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Naming impairment in dementia
VASC > AD > FTD
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Repetition impairment brain area
Wernicke Broca Arcuate fasciculus
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repetition impairment in dementia
VASC > AD > FTD
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3-step command brain area
temporal frontal premotor
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reading and comprehension brain area
L parietal | temporal
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Writing brain area
L parietal
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3-step command, reading/comprehension, writing impairment in dementia
variable
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Copy design brain area
R parietal | Basal ganglia with projections to prefrontal cortex
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Copy design impairment in dementia
DLB = DPD > VASC > AD> FTD | Vasc: visuospatial impairment > then delayed recall (2-3 min)
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Abstract thinking brain area
frontal | prefrontal
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Abstract thinking impairment in dmentia
FTD > AD
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Trail making test A
R-sided lesions frontal parietal
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Train making test B
L-sided lesions frontal parietal
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Trail making test impairment in dementia
FTD > AD
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verbal fluency brain area
frontal | prefrontal
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verbal fluency impairment in dementia
FTD > AD
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R-L orientation brain area
L parietal
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R-L orientation impairment in dementia
VASC > AD
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Clock drawing test
``` Comprehension: temporal Planning/sequencing/organizing: frontal Constructional ability: R-parietal Praxis: L parietal Visual processing: occipital ```
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Clock drawing test impairment in dementia
AD > Vascular

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