A Patient Suffering from a Progressive Neurological Disorder Is Brought

Multiple Choice

A patient suffering from a progressive neurological disorder is brought to a neurologist for diagnosis. The neurologist notes that the patient's MRI reveals a great deal of cortical atrophy and suspects that the problem may be Alzheimer's disease. Which of the following symptoms, if also discovered, would confirm this diagnosis?

A) tremors and difficulty in initiating movement
B) double vision
C) loss of dopaminergic neurons in the basal ganglia
D) presence of amyloid plaques during postmortem examination of the brain