An older client is being evaluated for memory deficits. After completing an assessment, the clinician suspects that the client suffers from Alzheimer's disease. This client would most likely have problems in which part of the limbic system?

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An older client is being evaluated for memory deficits. After completing an assessment, the clinician suspects that the client suffers from Alzheimer's disease. This client would most likely have problems in which part of the limbic system?

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Jaxon Andrews · Answer 1

Answer: Hippocampus

Explanation:

The Hippocampus is a very important part of the brain that used in learning. It acts as a memory storage. It is a very essential part of the limbic system. If the Hippocampus is damaged in any way it can lead to loss of memory, most especially long term memories.

Alzheimer's disease is one of the diseases that damages the hippocampus. Alzheimer's disease is a severe neurological disorder. One of the symptoms is memory loss. As the disease progresses the symptoms become more severe.

A person with Alzheimer's may not remember their names, the names of their family members, the could get lost in places, the forget where they live, they experience disorganized thoughts as well.

Irvin Smith · Answer 2

Hipoocampus

Explanation:

Alzheimer's diseases is a neuro-degenerative diseases that is characterised with slow progression of of inability to recollect recent events to complete loss of memory, language impairments, mood swings, apathy etc.

The hippocampus is part of the limbic sytem. It is inferior to the Cerebral cortex, in the cerebral hemisphere, Its major functions is to stabilise input short term memories, convert this to long term memories, and juxtapose the surrounding environment with based on necessary inputs, Thus malfunction from neuronal damages in the hippocampus of the Limbic system is usually use to diagnose Alzheimer disease.

Individuals with mild cognitive impairments (MCI) usual have hyperaexcitabilty in their hippocampus. Evidences has shown that the levels of excitatory neurotransmitter Glutamate at the pre-synaptic neuron, and ketone bodies were exceedingly high at the neuronal synapse in the hippocampus, with the corresponding rapid influx of calcium during this period as seen with fMRI techniques.

The hyperactivity of these hippocampal neurons is a sign of neuronal excitotoxicity, and therefore loss of functions of memory functions of hippocampus neurons.

Therefore hyperexcitabilty of hippocampus is usually associated with Alzheimer's disease. Thus the client should have problems with hippocampus in her limbic system.