Brain disorder loss alzheimer's memory agnosia inability recognize

Text	Memory Disorders 1) Agnosia - inability to recognize objects/people/sounds(usually only 1); brain damage/neurological disorder 2) Korsakoff's syndrome - memory loss due to thiamine deficiency in brain, retrograde/anterograde amnesia 3) Sundowning - dysfunction of Alzheimer's patients in late afternoon/evening 4) Dementia - loss of cognitive function 5) Alzheimer's disease - degenerative brain disorder linked to acetylcholine loss in neurons connected to hippocampus

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Memory Disorders

1) Agnosia - inability to recognize objects/people/sounds(usually only 1); brain damage/neurological disorder

2) Korsakoff's syndrome - memory loss due to thiamine deficiency in brain, retrograde/anterograde amnesia

3) Sundowning - dysfunction of Alzheimer's patients in late afternoon/evening

4) Dementia - loss of cognitive function

5) Alzheimer's disease - degenerative brain disorder linked to acetylcholine loss in neurons connected to hippocampus

Tags: behavioral_sciences+_3

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