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schwann cells, PNS neurons |
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axon injury --> neuron degeneration distally, axonal reaction proximally |
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respond to tissue damage by differentiating into large phagocytic cells |
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destroyed in Guillan-barre |
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type of schwannoma typically on CN VIII |
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promote axonal regeneration |
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synthesis in locus ceruleus |
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increased in anxiety and mania |
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increased in schizophrenia and depression |
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synthesis in reticular formation |
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synthesis in solitary tract |
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synthesis in ventral tegmentum |
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synthesis in raphe nucleus |
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decreased in anxiety and depression |
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decreased in alzheimer's and huntington's |
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synthesis in basal nucleus of meynert |
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synthesis in nucleus accumbens |
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need vitamin B6 for synthesis |
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decreased in anxiety and huntingtons |
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ventral segmental area -> cortex |
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ventral tegmental -> limbic |
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symptoms if block mesolimbic |
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Snc -> striatum (caudate and putamen) |
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symptoms if block nigrostriatal |
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tuberoinfundibular pathway |
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arcuate nucleus -> pituitary |
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symptoms if block tuberoinfundibular |
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increased prolactin -> hypogonadism |
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capillary endothelium, basement membrane, astrocyte processes |
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lipid/water soluble can pass BBB rapidly? |
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infarction and/or neoplasm destroyed endothelial cell tight junctions |
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supraoptic nucleus - fxn - destruction |
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- ADH secretion - diabetes insipidus |
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destruction eads to anorexia, failure to thrive |
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destruction leads to hyperphagia |
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mediates circadian rhythm |
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effects the anterior pituitary |
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destruction results in hyperthermia |
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receives input from retina |
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savage behavior and obesity from stimulation |
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responsible for sweating and cutaneous vasodilation in hot temp |
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responsible for shivering and decreased cutaneous blood frlow |
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paralysis of conjugate vertical gaze due to lesion of superior colliculi |
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taste anterior 2/3 of tongue |
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monitoring chemo and baro receptors |
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aortic arch chemo and baro receptors |
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taste from epiglottic regions |
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afferent = V1 efferent = VII |
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afferent = V1 efferent = VII |
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afferent = V3 efferent = V3 |
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afferent = II efferent = III |
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afferent = IX efferent = IX and X |
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nuclei for visceral sensory |
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nucleus solitarius nerves |
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nuclie for motor innervation of pharynx, larynx and upper esophagus |
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nuclei for autonomic to heart lungs ad upper GI |
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doral motor nucleus nerves |
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nerves through cavernous sinus |
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tongue toward side of lesion |
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weakness to turn head to contalateral side of lesion |
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masseter, temporalis and medial pterygoid |
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eye down and out, ptosis, los of accomodation |
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vertical diplopia (eye drifts up) |
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ptosis, miosis and anhidrosis |
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pancoast tumor, brown squared, late stage syringomyelia |
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VPL: - input - info - destination |
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- spinothalamic and DCML - pain and tem; pressure, temp, vin and prop - 1' somatosensory |
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VPM: - input - info - destination |
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- trigeminal and gustatory - face sensation and taste - 1' somatosensory |
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LGN: - input - info - destination |
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- CN II - vision - calcarine sulus |
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MGN: - input - info - destination |
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- superior olive and inf colliculus - hearing - auditory cortex of temp lobe |
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middel cerebellar peduncle |
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inferior cerebellar peduncle |
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ispilateral proprioceptive information |
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input nerves of cerebellum |
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output nerves to cerebellum |
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superior cerebellar peduncle |
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deep nuclei of cerebellum |
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dentate, emboliform, globose, fastigial |
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lalteral cerebellar nuclei fxn |
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voluntary movement of extremities |
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medial movement of cerebellum |
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balance, truncal coordination, ataxia |
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voluntary movements and making postural adjustments; receives cortical input , provides neg feedback to cortex to modulate movement |
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what makes up the striatum? |
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excitatory pathway of basal ganglia |
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cortical inputs stimulate striatum, stimulating release of Ach, which disinhibits the thalamus via the GPi/SNr |
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inhibitory pathway of basal ganglia |
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cortical inputs stimulate striatum which disinhibits STN via GPe and STN stimulates GPi to inhibit the thalamus |
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D1 vs D2 in basal ganglia |
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D1 = stimulatory D2 = inhibitory |
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D1 vs D2 in basal ganglia |
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D1 = stimulatory D2 = inhibitory |
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loss of dopaminergic neurons in substantial nigra pars compacta |
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tremor, cogwheel rigidity, akinesia and postural instability |
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hemiballismus from sub thalamic nucleus lesion |
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CAG repeat, atrophy of caudate; neuronal death via NMDA-R binding and glutamate toxicity |
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chorea, aggression, depression and dementia |
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sudden, jerky purposeless movements |
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slow, writhing movements especially of fingers |
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sudden, brief muscle contraction |
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sustained, involuntary muscle contractions |
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essential/postural tremor |
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action tremor (worsens when holding posture), autosomal domonane; self medicate with alcohol |
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seen in parkinson's; most noticeable distally |
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slow, zigzag motion when pointing toward a target; with cerebellar dysfunction |
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topographical representation of sensory and motor areas in cerebral cortex; used to localize lesions |
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hyperorality, hypersexuality, disinhibited behavior with amygdala lesion |
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frontal lobe lesion symptoms |
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disinhibition, deficits in concentration, orientation and judgement; reemergence of primitive reflexes |
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spatial neglect syndrome (agnosia) |
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agraphia, acalculia, finger agnosia, L and R disorientation |
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Reticular activating system defect |
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reduced levels of arousal and wakefulness |
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wernicke= confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia korsakoff = memory loss, confabulation, personality changes |
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may result in tremor at rest, chorea or athetosis |
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cerebellar hemisphere lesion |
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intension tremor, limb ataxia; ipsilateral defts; fall toward side of lesion |
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truncal ataxia, dysarthria |
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subthalamic nucleus lesion |
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anterograde amneia (can't make new memories) |
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Paramedian pontine erticular formation lesion |
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eyes look away from side of lesion |
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frontal eye fields lesion |
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superior colliculi lesion |
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central pontine myelinolysis - symptoms - cause |
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- acute paralysis, dysarhria, dysphagia, diplopia and loss of consciousness - very rapid correction of hyponatremia |
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nonfluent aphasia with intact comprehension; inf frontal gyrus |
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fluent aphasia with impaired comprehension; superior temporal gyrus |
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confluent with impaired comprehension; both broca's and wernicke's affected |
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poor repitiaion; arcuae fascicles lesion |
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anterior cerebral artery supply |
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middle cerebral artery supply |
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posterior cerebral artery supply |
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posterior and inferior surfaces |
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watershed zones - locations - when damaged |
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- between ACA/MA, PCA/MCA - severe hypotension -> upper leg/upper arm weakness, defects in higher-order visual processing |
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fxn of therapeutic hyperventilaiton |
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helps dec ICP in cases of acute cerebral edema |
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MCA stroke - location - symptoms |
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- motor cortex (upper limb and face), sensory cortex (upper limb and face), wernicke's and broca - contralat paralysis of upper face and limbs, contra sensation upper limb and face, hemineglect if on L side |
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ACA stroke - location - symptoms |
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- lower limb motor and sensory - contra lower limb paralysis and loss of sensation |
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lateral striate artery stroke - location - symptoms |
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- striatum, internal capsule - contra hemiparesis/hemiplegia |
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ASA stroke - location - symptoms |
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- lateral corticospinal, medial lemniscus, caudal medulla (CNXII) - contra lower limb hemiparesis, dec control prop, ipso hypoglossal dysfxn |
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PICA stroke - location - symptoms |
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lateral medulla (vestib, lat spinothal, spinal trigem, nucleus ambig, symp); inf cerebellar pedunc - vomiting, vertigo, nystagmus, limb/face (de pain, temp and sense) dysphagia hoarseness, gag, ipso horner's ataxia dysmetria |
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AICA stroke - location - symptoms |
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- lateral pons (vestib nuclei, facial nucleus, spinal trigem, cochlear nuc, smp fibers), middle and inf cerebellar peduncles - vomiting, vertigo,nystagmus; paralysis of face, dec lac, dec ace ant 2/3, dec corneal reflex; ipso hornet's; dec pain and temp to face; ipsi dec hearing |
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lateral medullary syndrome |
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- occipital cortex, visual cortex - conra hemianopsia with macular sparing |
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CN III palsy= eye down and out |
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most common site of berry aneurysm |
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associations with berry aneurysm |
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ADPKD, ehlers-danlos, marfan's, age, HTN, smoking, race |
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charcot-bouchard microaneurysms |
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chronic hypertension; affects small vessels |
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epidural hematoma - artery - symptoms - CT |
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- middle meningeal - lucid interval with CN III palsy - lense shaped |
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subdural hematoma - vessel - associations - CT |
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- bridging veins - elderly, alcoholics, trauma, shaken baby - crescent shape, midline shift |
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subarachnoid hemorrhage - vessel - associations - symptoms - CT - tx |
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- ruptured berry aneurysm - marfan, ehlers-danlos, AVM - worst HA of life; 2-3 days after see xanthochromic spinal tap - not visible - nimodipine |
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intraparenchymal hemorrhage - cause - location |
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- HTN, amyloid angiopathy, vasculitis and neoplasm - basal ganglia and internal capsule |
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what you see on irreversible neuronal injury |
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red neurons, necrosis + Nt, macrophages, reactive gliosis + vascular proliferation |
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intracerebral bleeding 2/2 HTN, anticoagulation and cancer; 2/2 ischemic stroke following repercussion |
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emboli; Afib, carotid dissection, patet foramen ovale, endocarditis; tx: tPA |
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brief, reversible episode of neurologic dysfunction lasting fewer than 24 hrs |
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normal pressure hydrocephalus |
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wet (urinary incontinence), wobbly (ataxia) and wacky (dementia) 2/2 expansion of ventricle distorts the fibers of corona radiata |
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communicating hydrocephalus |
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dec CSF absorption by arachnoid villi -> inc ICP, papilledema and herniation |
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obstructive hydrocephalus |
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blockage of CSF circulation within the ventricular system |
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appearance of inc cSF in atrophy (alzheimers) |
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function and location of fascicles cuneatus vs gracilis |
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cuneatus = upper body; lateral gracilis = lower body, medial |
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dorsal column- medial lemniscal pathway - 1st order - synapse 1 - 2nd order - synapse 2 - 3rd order |
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- dorsal root gang -> ascends ipsi in dorsal column - ipsi cuneatus or gracilis - decussates in medulla and ascends contra in med lemniscus - VPL - sensory cortex |
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spinothalamic tract - 1st order - synapse 1 - 2nd order - synapse 2 - 3rd order |
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- a-delta or C fiers in dorsal root to s.c. - ipsi gray matter - decussates at anterior white commissure - VPL - sensory cortex |
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lateral corticospinal - 1st order - synapse 1 - 2nd order - synapse 2 - 3rd order |
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- upper motor descends and decussates at medullary pyramids - anterior horn - LMH leaves spinal cord - neuromuscular junction |
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weakness, hyperreflexia, inc tone, babinski, spastic paralysis, clasp knife spasticity |
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weakness, atrohy, fasiculations, hyporeflexia, dec tone, flaccid paralysis |
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dorsal column- medial lemniscal informaiton |
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pressure, vibration, touch and proprioception |
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lateral corticospinal tract info |
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descending voluntary movement of contralateral limbs |
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polio, wednig-hoffman, ALS |
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multiple sclerosis spinal cord lesion |
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white matter, random asymmetric |
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ant horn and lateral corticospinal tract |
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anterior spinal artery spinal cord lesion |
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spares dorsal columns and tract of Lissauer |
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supplies anterior spinal artery around T8 |
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tabes dorsalis spinal cord lesion |
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degeneration of dorsal roots and dorsal columns |
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syringomyelia spinal cord lesion |
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anterior white commissure of spinothalamic tract -> BL loss of pain and temp |
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demyelination of dorsal columns and lateral corticospona, and siocerebellar |
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Vit B12, Vit E deficiency and Fridreich's ataxia |
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malaise, HA, fever, nausea, abdominal pain, sore throat, LMN lesions |
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CSF with lymphocytic pleocytosis with slight elevation of rote in |
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werdnig-horrman disease symptoms |
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floppy babye; tongue fasciculaitons, seat around 7 months; degen of nat horn |
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riluzole decreases presynpatic glutamate release |
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tabes dorsalis - symptoms - tx |
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- impaired proprioception and locomotor ataxia - riluzole |
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friedreich's ataxia - defect - symptoms |
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- GAA that encodes trataxin, impaired mito functioning - staggering gait, pes cavus, hammer toes, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, kyphoscoliosis |
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findings in brown-sequard |
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below lesion = ipsi UMN, ipsi dorsal column,contra pain and temp, at level = ipsi sensation, LMN signs |
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reflexes: - biceps - triceps - patella - achilles - babinski |
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- C5 - C7 - L4 - S1 - dorsiflexion of big toe and fanning of other toes; UMN lesion |
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primitive relfexes - moro - rooting - suckling - palmar and plantar - gallant |
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- extend limbs when startled and then draw together - move head toward check stroked - suckling when roof of mouth touched - curling of fingers if hands stroked - stroking on one side of spine while newborn in ventral suspension causes lateral flexion of lower body toward stimulated side |
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conductive hearing loss vs sensorineural |
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- conductive = abnormal Rinne (bone > air), weber to affected ear - sensorineural = rinne normal (A>B), weber to unaffected ear |
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lesion of medial longitudinal fascicles -> medial rectus palsy on lateral gaze and nystagmus in abducting eye; in MS |
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tongue deviates toward side of lesion |
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jaw deviates toward side of lesion |
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uvula deviates away from side of lesion |
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weakness turning head to contralateral side |
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- UMN = contralateral lower face only - LMN = ipsilateral upper and lower |
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bell's palsy - symptoms - causes |
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- destruction of facial nucleus or branch ail efferent fibers; peripheral ipsi facial paralysis with inability to close eye - lyme, herpes, AIDS, sarcoid, tumor, diabetes |
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free nerve endings - fibers - location - senses |
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- C = slow, unmyelinated; A-delta = fast, myelinated - all skin, epidermis, some viscera - pain and temp |
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meissner's - fibers - location - senses |
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- large myelinated - hairless skin - position, dynamic fine ought, adapt quickly |
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pacinian - fibers - location - senses |
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- large myelinated - deep skin layers, ligaments, joints - vibration and pressure |
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merkel's - fibers - location - senses |
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- large myelinated - hair follicles - position sense, static touch, adapt slowly |
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peripheral nerve structure |
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endoneurium = invests single nerve fiber layers; perineurium = surrounds fascicle of nerve fibers; epineurium = dense CT that surrounds entire nerve |
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retinal necrosis + edema -> atrophic scare |
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systemic inflammation; e.g. Reiter's |
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ciliary mm contracts -> more convex |
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ciliary mm relaxes -> lens flattens |
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sclerosis and dec elasticity -> presybyopia |
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acute, painless monocular loss of vision; pale retina and cherry-red macula |
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obstructed outflow; with myopia, inc age, AA; silent |
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very painful, dec vision, rock hard eye, frontal HA |
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risk factors for cataracts |
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age, smoking, EtOH, sunlight, classic galactosemia, galactokinase deficiency, DM, trauma, infection |
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inc iCP -> elevated optic disk with blurred margins, bigger blind spots |
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pupillary control: constriction |
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pupillary sphincter; parasymp. CN III from edinger westphal nucleus -> ciliary ganglion |
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pupillary control: dilation |
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radial mm, symp; T1 symp -> sup cervical ganglion -> postgangl symp -> long ciliary |
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CN II -> pretectal nuclei -> activate bilateral Edinger-Westphal nuclei -> occulomotor nerve -> pupillary constrictor |
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afferent pupillary defect = dec BL pupillary constriction when light is shone in affected eye |
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inside = output; ptosis, down nd out gaze, nonreactive pupils outside = parasympathetic, affected 1st by compression, blown pupil |
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separation of neurosensory layer of retina from pigment epithelium -> degeneration of photoreceptors -> vision loss; 2/2 trauma or DM |
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-degeneration of macula and loss of central vision; - dry - atrophic, slow, due to fat deposits; tx: smoking cessation and antioxidants wet = rapid, due to neovascularization |
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Term
visual field defect: right anopia |
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Definition
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Term
visual field defect: bitemporal hemianopia |
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Definition
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Term
visual field defect: left homonymous hemianopia |
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Definition
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Term
visual field defect: left upper quadrant anopia |
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Definition
R mayer's loop (temporal lobe); MCA |
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Term
visual field defect: left lower quadratic anopia |
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Definition
R dorsal optic radiation (parietal lobe); MCA |
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Term
visual field defect: left hemianopia with macular sparing |
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Definition
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Term
visual field defect: central scotoma |
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Definition
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Term
causes of optic chiasm lesion |
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Definition
pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngeoma, aneruysm at anterior communicating |
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