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JGIBBSON

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on: Jun 22, 2018
In the United States, the prevalence of dementia over the next 50 years is expected to
 
  a. Stay the same.
  b. Decrease.
  c. Increase.
  d. Drop sharply then gradually increase.

Question 2

Tacrine may be useful in slowing the deterioration of cognition in some people with Alzheimer's disease. Its mechanism of action is thought to include
 
  a. Increased hippocampal uptake of dopamine.
  b. Cholinesterase inhibition.
  c. Diminished production of acetylcholine from the nucleus basalis of
  Meynert.
  d. Diminished hippocampal acetylcholine binding.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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