Clinical Neuropsychology II: Disorders of Executive Function

These flashcards cover key concepts and definitions from clinical neuropsychology focused on dementia and executive functioning, helping to prepare for the exam.

Dementia is the __ caused by the underlying disease such as Alzheimer’s.

clinical syndrome.

Typical Alzheimer’s disease can only be definitively diagnosed with __.

histopathology (autopsy).

The clinical syndrome of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is related to the distribution of underlying __.

pathology.

Alzheimer's disease is the clinical syndrome caused by __ pathology.

Alzheimer's.

The main clinical features of Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) include __ and disinhibition.

apathy.

In Braak NFT staging, typical AD stages progress from __ to stage VI.

I + II.

Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) neuroimaging typically shows bilateral __ in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

hypometabolism.

The __ first appears in the frontal lobes for bvFTD patients.

pathology.

Monoclonal antibodies like aducanumab are used in immunotherapy to __ amyloid.

clear.

The Rascovsky criteria require __ symptoms for diagnosing bvFTD.

three.

In the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), patients with bvFTD will show an essentially __ learning curve.

normal.

Executive functions are primarily controlled by the __.

frontal lobes.

Clinical symptoms of atypical Alzheimer's disease often have a __ distribution of tau pathology.

non-amnestic.

The insidious onset of language impairment, such as in logopenic variant primary progressive aphasia (lvPPA), includes impaired __.

word retrieval.

Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) results in disturbance of __ functions.

visual.

Behavioural symptoms in bvFTD usually occur before __ abnormalities.

psychometric.

The __ of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease follows a specific chronological progression.

spread.

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors have a modest but significant therapeutic effect on __.

Alzheimer's disease.