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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
Causes of Hemiplegia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cerebral Hemisphere (Contralateral motor cortex)
 • Aphasia
 • Apraxia
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motor cortex) • Aphasia ... • Apraxia • ... Cognition/Confusion, Dementia
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
functions - Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... TerrierBen #MNCD #Dementia
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
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
Frontal Magnetic Gait or Gait Apraxia on Physical Exam

Found in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

#Gait #Apraxia #Magnetic
Magnetic Gait or Gait Apraxia ... NPH) #Gait #Apraxia
Frontal Magnetic Gait or Gait Apraxia on Physical Exam

Found in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus (NPH)

#Gait #Apraxia #Magnetic
Magnetic Gait or Gait Apraxia ... NPH) #Gait #Apraxia
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
Ocular Apraxia on Physical Exam

Ocular Apraxia is the loss of voluntary and purposeful eye movement while
Ocular Apraxia on ... Physical Exam Ocular Apraxia ... #Ocular #Apraxia
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... Impairment Subcortical Dementia ... disorder Cortical Dementias ... Fronto-temporal Dementia ... - Alzheimer's Dementia