Modifiable Non-

modifiable

Stress Age Genes Hormones

Seizures Cellular degeneration

Head trauma Decreased organ and cell

function

Decrease
d in acetylcholine is synapse

Inside the cell outside the cell (production)

Neurofibrally tangles inside the cells Fragments of beta

amyloid

Piles up

Microtubules inside the neuron

disrupted

Cytokinesis is disrupted Vesicular cell transport is

impaired Piles up until it is

insoluble

Looses cell forms unable to transport chemicals,

 molecules and other things needed by the cell Destroys dendrites
and

Axons

Atrophy or Cell death

disrupts connection
and

Cerebral cortex Cerebellum(1st)

damage neuron’s

Connection

conscious thought Hippocampus

voluntary processes disorders in fine movement, equilibrium,

posture, motor

may be impairedShort term memory loss learning and response. Uncoordinated

movements.

Easily distracted Language breakdown mood swing