DEMENTIA - A GENERAL TERM FOR A DECLINE IN MENTAL ABILITY,SEVEREENOUGH TO INTERFERE WITH DAILY LIVES, MEMORY LOSS IS AN EXAMPE . ALZHEIMER’S IS THE.

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DEMENTIA - A GENERAL TERM FOR A DECLINE IN MENTAL ABILITY,SEVEREENOUGH TO INTERFERE WITH DAILY LIVES, MEMORY LOSS IS AN EXAMPE . ALZHEIMER’S IS THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF - DEMENTIA BRAIN TOUR 1. Three pounds, three parts Your brain is your most powerful organ, yet weighs only about three pounds. It has a texture similar to firm jelly. It has three main parts: The cerebrum fills up most of your skull. It is involved in remembering, problem solving, thinking, and feeling. It also controls movement. The cerebellum sits at the back of your head, under the cerebrum. It controls coordination and balance. The brain stem sits beneath your cerebrum in front of your cerebellum. It connects the brain to the spinal cord and controls automatic functions such as breathing, digestion, heart rate and blood pressure.

2. Supply lines Your brain is nourished by one of your body's richest networks of blood vessels. With each heartbeat, arteries carry about 20 to 25 precent of your blood to your brain, where billions of cells use about 20 precent of the oxygen and fuel your blood carries. When you are thinking hard, your brain may use up to 50 per cent of the fuel and oxygen. The whole vessel network includes veins and capillaries in addition to arteries.

Specific regions of the cortex: “The Cortex” - The thinking Wrinkles Your brain's wrinkled surface is a specialized outer layer of the cerebrum called the cortex. Scientists have "mapped" the cortex by identifying areas strongly linked to certain functions. Specific regions of the cortex: Interpret sensations from your body, and sights, sounds and smells from the outside world. Generate thoughts, solve problems and make plans. Form and store memories. Control voluntary movement.

Left brain/right brain Your brain is divided into right and left halves. Experts are not certain how the "left brain" and "right brain" may differ in function, except: The left half controls movement on the body's right side. The right half controls the body's left side. In most people, the language area is chiefly on the left

The neuron forest The real work of your brain goes on in individual cells. An adult brain contains about 100 billion nerve cells, or neurons, with branches that connect at more than 100 trillion points. Scientists call this dense, branching network a "neuron forest." Signals traveling through the neuron forest form the basis of memories, thoughts, and feelings. Neurons are the chief type of cell destroyed by Alzheimer's disease.

Signals that form memories and thoughts move through an individual nerve cell as a tiny electrical charge. Nerve cells connect to one another at synapses. When a charge reaches a synapse, it may trigger release of tiny bursts of chemicals called neurotransmitters. The neurotransmitters travel across the synapse, carrying signals to other cells. Scientists have identified dozens of neurotransmitters. Alzheimer's disease disrupts both the way electrical charges travel within cells and the activity of neurotransmitters. Cell signalling

More brain changes Here is another view of how massive cell loss changes the whole brain in advanced Alzheimer's disease. This slide shows a crosswise "slice" through the middle of the brain between the ears. In the Alzheimer's brain: The cortex shrivels up, damaging areas involved in thinking, planning and remembering. Shrinkage is especially severe in the hippocampus, an area of the cortex that plays a key role in formation of new memories. Ventricles (fluid-filled spaces within the brain) grow larger.

Under the microscope Scientists can also see the terrible effects of Alzheimer's disease when they look at brain tissue under the microscope: Alzheimer's tissue has many fewer nerve cells and synapses than a healthy brain. Plaques, abnormal clusters of protein fragments, build up between nerve cells. Dead and dying nerve cells contain tangles, which are made up of twisted strands of another protein. Scientists are not absolutely sure what causes cell death and tissue loss in the Alzheimer's brain, but plaques and tangles are prime suspects.

Plaques and tangles (shown in the blue-shaded areas) tend to spread through the cortex in a predictable pattern as Alzheimer's disease progresses. The rate of progression varies greatly. People with Alzheimer's live an average of eight years, but some people may survive up to 20 years. The course of the disease depends in part on age at diagnosis and whether a person has other health conditions. Earliest Alzheimer's - changes may begin 20 years or more before diagnosis. Mild to moderate Alzheimer's stages - generally last from 2 - 10 years. Severe Alzheimer's - may last from 1 - 5 years. Progression through the brain

Earliest Alzheimer's stages In the earliest stages, before symptoms can be detected with current tests, plaques and tangles begin to form in brain areas involved in: Learning and memory Thinking and planning

Mild to moderate Alzheimer's In mild to moderate stages, brain regions important in memory and thinking and planning develop more plaques and tangles than were present in early stages. As a result, individuals develop problems with memory or thinking serious enough to interfere with work or social life. They may also get confused and have trouble handling money, expressing them and organizing their thoughts. Many people with Alzheimer's are first diagnosed in these stages. Plaques and tangles also spread to areas involved in: •Speaking and understanding speech •Your sense of where your body is in relation to objects around you As Alzheimer's progresses, individuals may experience changes in personality and behavior and have trouble recognizing friends and family members.

Severe Alzheimer's disease In advanced Alzheimer's disease, most of the cortex is seriously damaged. The brain shrinks dramatically due to widespread cell death. Individuals lose their ability to communicate, to recognize family and loved ones and to care for themselves.

References 1. alz.org – Alzheimer’ s association 2. Health Services Framework for older people 2009-2016 3.https://vic.fightdementia.org.au/ab out-dementia/resources/help-sheets