At a Medication Education Meeting, a Colleague Asks the Nurse

At a medication education meeting, a colleague asks the nurse how medications that increase acetylcholine are helpful to people with dementia. What nursing response is correct?

A) Acetylcholine is involved in restoring serotonin and other chemicals that decrease anxiety.
B) The cholinergic system is useful in helping to dull clients' awareness of their progressive losses.
C) Acetylcholine is helpful in censoring feelings that arise in the midbrain and cause distress.
D) The cholinergic system is involved in memory, problem solving, and other cognitive skills.