• Question: what happens to your brain when you have dementia

    Asked by anon-190883 to Kathryn, Graeme, Chris, Anne, Agnes, Adam on 13 Nov 2018.
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      Anne Green answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      I don’t know, a medical doctor or a scientist who works on the brain would be better qualified to answer this. As far as I know dementia happens when particular parts of the brain (in particular the ones associated with memory) get damaged with age.

    • Photo: Kathryn

      Kathryn answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      I don’t know, be ask a biologist or doctor that one.

    • Photo: Adam McGuinness

      Adam McGuinness answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      I don’t know, I’m sorry, brains are incredibly complicated!

    • Photo: Graeme Poole

      Graeme Poole answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      With dementia, nerve cells in the brain lose the ability to communicate with other. Over time, this stops the brain from functioning properly, resulting in the inability for certain processes to operate, such as memory.

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