Memory, the Body, and Health

_______ is a type of drug that improves neural communication and therefore reduces some symptoms of mild to moderate Alzheimer’s.

While ________ is the diagnosis made for people with autobiographical memory loss combined with wandering from home as a result of psychological problems, more and more research has found brain abnormalities in these people.

_________ is a medication that slows down the destruction of neurons in moderate and advanced Alzheimer’s by blocking the reabsorption of glutamate into the neurons.

Participants tend to have better performance on memory tasks that are related to survival than when they are not. This is called the ________.

Dementia caused by the loss of blood flow to the brain is called ________.

Some theories explain symptoms of OCD as the result of poor memory. These are __________ theories.

________ is a condition where the thyroid gland does not produce an adequate level of hormones.

Dementia caused by the shrinking of the cerebral cortex and hippocampus is called ________.

The inability to remember the past is called _________ amnesia, whereas the inability to form new memories is called _________ amnesia.

When neurocognitive disorders are degenerative and get progressively worse over time they are called _________.

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