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    Work related stress may have precipitated the onset of a degenerative process in the cells at the base of the forebrain, causing progressive brain cell death over time and reduced acetylcholine production. This disrupts memory processes and results in impaired memory, language, thinking, and perception as well as symptoms like memory loss, slurred speech, flighty thoughts, agnosia, and a steady decline in mental functioning.

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    Work related stress may have precipitated the onset of a degenerative process in the cells at the base of the forebrain, causing progressive brain cell death over time and reduced acetylcholine production. This disrupts memory processes and results in impaired memory, language, thinking, and perception as well as symptoms like memory loss, slurred speech, flighty thoughts, agnosia, and a steady decline in mental functioning.

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    Pathophysiology On Dementia

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    Work related stress may have precipitated the onset of a degenerative process in the cells at the base of the forebrain, causing progressive brain cell death over time and reduced acetylcholine production. This disrupts memory processes and results in impaired memory, language, thinking, and perception as well as symptoms like memory loss, slurred speech, flighty thoughts, agnosia, and a steady decline in mental functioning.

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    Precipitating Factors:

    Work related stress

    Degenerative process occurring primarily in the cells located at the base of the forebrain.

    Progressive brain cell death over time

    Decrease acethylcholine productions reduces the amount of neurotransmitters released to cells in the cortex, hippocampus, and nucleus baseline

    Results in disruption of memory processes

    Impaired Memory

    Impaired language

    Impaired thinking

    Impaired perception

    Memory loss

    Slurring of Speech

    Flight of ideas

    Agnosia

    Steady and global decline in mental functioning

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