Editing Neurological Disorders (section)

== <span style="color: #FFFFFF;">Analyzing</span> ==
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|+ Alzheimer's vs. Normal Aging
! Feature !! Normal Aging !! Alzheimer's Disease
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| Memory || Forgetting names, but remembering later || Forgetting names and the faces themselves
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| Decisions || Making a bad choice once in a while || Persistent poor judgment / Personality change
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| Daily Life || Can follow a complex recipe || Unable to manage simple finances or navigation
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| Brain Change || Minor shrinkage || Massive death of tissue and large 'holes' (ventricles)
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'''The Concept of "The Cognitive Reserve"''': Why do some people have "Alzheimer's brains" (full of plaques) but show no symptoms? This is called Cognitive Reserve. It means they have so many extra neural connections (from education, language, and social life) that the brain can "work around" the damage. Analyzing this reserve is a major focus of preventative neuroscience.
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