What is vascular dementia?

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Vascular dementia (VAD) was once known as multi-infarct dementia and results in symptoms that look a lot like Alzheimer's disease. In VAD, however, the problems observed are a consequence of a series of small strokes that kill more and more of the brain.

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In Exercise 7, the conditioning of the medium-intensity light (CSML) was blocked by the prior conditioning of the medium-intensity tone (CSMT) in Stage 1 before the two stimuli were presented in a compound CS and paired with the medium-intensity electric shock (USM) in Stage 2. Subsequently, when tested separately in extinction (Stage 3), the movement ratio for the

a. tone and light were both approximately 0.5. b. light was greater than 0.5. c. light was less than 0.5 and equal to that for the tone. d. light was approximately zero.

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Competition, aggression, money, possessions, and grades are all considered __________ motives

a. stimulus b. primary c. homeostatic d. social

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Besides the loss of myelin, individuals afflicted with multiple sclerosis also have a degenerative loss of ______.

A. astrocytes B. glial cells C. oligodendroglia D. neurons

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