The spouse of a patient with Alzheimer's disease (AD) asks, "Can you give me a simple explanation of what happened in my partner's brain?" Select the nurse's best response
a. "Dementia developed."
b. "The brain became overstimulated with chemical messages."
c. "Brain cells and chemical messengers that form memories are dying."
d. "The substantia nigra, a tissue that makes dopamine, has degenerated."
C
The pathology that should be simply explained is that AD is characterized by neuronal degeneration of the brain and deficiencies of neurotransmitters. Degeneration of the substantia nigra is associated with Parkinson's disease.
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