KINESIOL 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Motor Control, Frontal Lobe, Obstructive Sleep Apnea
15 Apr 2016
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Lecture 26 step in a healthier brain: physical acivity for alzheimer"s disease. By 2056 about 30% of populaion will be over 65. There will be more old people than there are births. Advancing age is the single biggest risk factor for demenia (once you reach 90 its 1 in 10 vs. being 40 and its 1 in 10 000. Everything else declines (reasoning, spaial visualizaion, memory, speed) Forgets the names of people, locaions of household items, why she walked into a room, recent events, important dates. Should be easy to remember, but those with demenia can"t recall the date or month. Symptoms interfere with daily life: forget to pay bills, buy same item, spoiled food in fridge. Ms y: ct scan revealed atrophy of hippocampus. Not remember details of conversaion of a year ago. Not able to remember details of recent events or conversaions.
