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question 6 (mandatory) (2 points) listen those individuals with a diagn…

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question 6 (mandatory) (2 points) listen those individuals with a diagnosis of downs syndrome who are now living into their 30s and 40s, many of these individuals are known to develop signs and symptoms consistent with of the following changes in the cns? wallerian degeneration occlusive hydrocephalus posterior column spinal cord degeneration neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles

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Individuals with Down's Syndrome who live into their 30s and 40s often develop neuropathological changes similar to those in Alzheimer's disease, which include neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the central - nervous system (CNS). Wallerian degeneration is related to axonal injury, occlusive hydrocephalus is a problem with cerebrospinal - fluid flow, and posterior column spinal cord degeneration is a different type of spinal cord pathology.

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neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles