Alzheimer's Disease
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Alzheimer's Disease
- Acquired Brain Injury. (2013). Alzheimer's disease. Retrieved from http://www.abistafftraining.info/Content/3_Type_e.html
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive condition that affects the brain, resulting in impaired memory, thinking and behaviour. It is the most common form of dementia, which is the term used to describe a large group of illnesses that cause gradual decline in a person's functioning. - Alzheimer disease. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/Alzheimer-disease/5974?opensearch=Alzheimer%27s%20Disease%20science#281603.toc
There is no cure for Alzheimer disease. However, there are several therapeutic agents that can be used to slow disease progression or to alleviate symptoms. In roughly 50 percent of patients, the progression of amnestic MCI can be delayed for about one year by drugs called acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (or anticholinesterases). These drugs, which include galantamine, donepezil, rivastigmine, and tacrine (no longer marketed but still available), work by slowing the breakdown of acetylcholine. - Alzheimer's Disease. (2015). In Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health (pp. 88-93). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.Alzheimer 's disease (AD) is an illness of the brain and is a type of dementia. AD causes large numbers of nerve cells in the brain to die. This affects a person's ability to remember things and to think clearly. It usually begins after age 60, and nearly half of people age 85 and older may have Alzheimer 's. It is not a normal part of aging, however, and the causes of the disease are not fully understood.
Introduction
Degenerative neurological diseases cause abnormal changes to brain cells and usually have a clinical pattern that can be diagnosed. These diseases cause increasing disruption to neurological function as the disease progresses. Common examples of degenerative neurological diseases are Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington's disease, Parkinson's disease, Motor Neurone disease and Alzheimer's disease.
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Disease
- Parkinson's Australia. (2015). What is Parkinson's? Retrieved from http://www.parkinsons.org.au/what-is-parkinsonsParkinson’s is a progressive neurological condition that affects people from all walks of life. It is quite common, with approximately 70,000 Australians living with Parkinson’s. The average age of diagnosis is 65 years, however younger people can be diagnosed with Parkinson’s too. This is referred to as Young Onset Parkinson’s.
- Parkinson disease. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/middle/article/Parkinson-disease/312901Parkinson disease is a degenerative neurological disorder that is characterized by the onset of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness in movement (bradykinesia), and stooped posture (postural instability).
- Parkinson's Disease. (2015). In Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health (pp. 1661-1666). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.Parkinson 's disease (PD) is a progressive movement disorder marked by tremors, rigidity, slow movements (bradykinesia), and postural instability. It occurs when, for unknown reasons, cells in one of the movement-control centers of the brain begin to die.
Motor Neurone Disease
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/middle/article/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/309835Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease that destroys the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscular movement. Over time, the deterioration of these cells, or neurons, results in the progressive weakening, shrinkage, and loss of use of most of the muscles in the body.
- MND Australia. (2013). What is MND? Retrieved from https://www.mndaust.asn.au/Get-informed/What-is-MND.aspxMotor neurone disease (MND) is the name given to a group of diseases in which the nerve cells (neurones) controlling the muscles that enable us to move, speak, breathe and swallow undergo degeneration and die.
- Motor Neuron Disease. (2015). In Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health (pp. 1492-1495). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.Motor neuron disease is a term applied to a collection of diseases in which the motor neurons, upper and/or lower, are progressively destroyed over time. This category includes diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gerhig's disease), progressive muscular atrophy (PMA), primary lateral sclerosis (PLS), progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), and some forms of spinal muscular atrophy.
Multiple Sclerosis
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Multiple Sclerosis
- Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia. (2017). Retrieved from http://www.msra.org.au/research-strategy-working-australian-ms-research-strengthsMS Research Australia implements an informed scientific agenda to accelerate advances that will prevent, better treat and ultimately cure multiple sclerosis.
- Nervous system disease. (2017). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://school.eb.com.au.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/levels/high/article/nervous-system-disease/110705#75810.tocMultiple sclerosis is a progressive disease that is five times more common in temperate climates than in tropical climates, affecting approximately one million people worldwide. Females are affected more often than males, and most patients develop the first symptoms between 20 and 40 years of age.
- Multiple Sclerosis. (2015). In Gale Encyclopedia of Senior Health (pp. 1507-1511). Farmington Hills, MI: Gale.Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that primarily affects the myelin sheath, the fatty white matter that covers and protects the nerve cells.