Dementia Study Resources | Swansea University - Edubirdie

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Swansea University
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PM-139 | Human Physiology 1
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2023
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Amal J.

Dementia Definition: It is a progressive deterioration of intellectual, behavioral & personality as a consequence of diffuse cerebral hemisphere disorder. It maximally affects the hippocampus & cerebral cortex. Incidence: * 187/ 1 lakh population group * it occurs at any age * if it occurs under the age of 65 years, it's called 'senile or presenile dementia' or 'organic brain syndrome' * it affects both sexes Inhibit glutamate → GABA analogue → GABA transaminase Surgical Rx: → temporal lobectomy → hippocampectomy → hemispherectomy → extra temporal cortical resection → corpus callosum sectioning Status epileptic: consciousness is not come back again between the tonic & clonic attack Serial epilepsy: gap present in between the tonic & clonic attack is called as 'serial epilepsy'

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