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