Impacts of Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Question 1

What is Aphantasia?

Answer 1

Inability to visualise imagery. Can describe objects, explain concepts, and list facts, but cannot experience mental images.

Question 2

How does Aphantasia affects life.

Answer 2

Memory challenges:
- troube remembering everyday things
- struggle to relive/remember autobiographical memory
- difficulty imagining future or hypothetical events

Question 3

What is Alzheimer?

Answer 3

It is the progressive deterioration of brain neurons, causing memory loss. It is classed as a neurodegenerative disease, which is a common form of dementia.

Question 4

What are the key changes in the brain as a result of Alzheimers?

Answer 4

Amyloid Plaques
Neurofibrillary tangle
Brain Atrophy

Question 5

What is the amyloid plaque

Answer 5

An abnormal build-up of beta-amyloid proteins between the synapses of neurons that interfere with communication.

Question 6

What is the Neurofibrillary Tangle

Answer 6

An abnormal build-up of proteins inside a neuron associated with death.

Question 7

What is Brain Atrophy

Answer 7

The loss of neurons within the brain