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Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
semantic memory • Aphasia ... incontinence, apraxia ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
loss, field cut, aphasia ... MCA) or neglect, apraxia ... deviation and/or ataxia ... deficits and/or ataxia
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
left: Broca's aphasia ... Agraphia, Werneke's aphasia ... right: Dressing apraxia ... left: Limb apraxia
Apraxic Gait

Apraxia is a neurological disorder that is characterized by loss of the ability to perform
Apraxic Gait ... Apraxia is a neurological ... Gait apraxia, as ... neurologiabr #Apraxic ... #Apraxia #Gait
Stroke Territory Localization and Blood Vessel Supply
ACA (Anterior Cerebral Artery)
 - Leg weakness/numbness
MCA Superior Divison
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Divison - Broca Aphasia ... Division - Wernicke Aphasia ... numb - Global Aphasia ... arm/leg + global aphasia ... - Vertigo - Ataxia
Aphasia - Pathophysiology and Clinical Findings
Broca's Aphasia - Expressive language impairment: non-Fluent
 - Sensory speech areas
Aphasia - Pathophysiology ... Findings Broca's Aphasia ... repetition Wernicke's Aphasia ... sensory deficits #Aphasia ... #Pathophysiology
Causes of Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fluent - Grammatically correct, but nonsensical, tangential. Phonemic & semantic
Causes of Aphasia ... , Global Aphasia ... , Broca's Aphasia ... Transcortical Aphasia ... #Aphasia #Neurology
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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motor cortex) • Aphasia ... • Apraxia
Causes of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Fluent - Agrammatic, hesitant, but substantive communication
Impaired Repetition
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of Non-Fluent Aphasia ... Comprehension - Global Aphasia ... Transcortical Aphasia ... Transcortical Motor Aphasia ... #NonFluent #Aphasia
Diabetes Pathophysiology and Medication Targets

The ominous octet is one concept that summarizes the different pathophysiologic pathways
Diabetes Pathophysiology ... the different pathophysiologic ... #Diabetes #Pathophysiology