American Academy of Neurology: Neuro Self-Assessment Examination (Medical Student Edition) Flashcards
CSF protein in a patient with multiple sclerosis should be ______________.
mildly elevated (~80)
If an athlete had a head-to-head collision and felt a jolt and then felt dazed, you should ____________.
recommended that he stop playing and be assessed before the next game
Drawing distinct things (like types of animals) is part of what brain region?
Lateral temporal
This represents a test of semantics.
In addition to vitamin A, what medicines have been shown to cause intracranial hypertension?
Tetracycline, steroids, and estrogen
Pseudotumor headaches typically worsen in what positions?
Bending over or lying down
True or false: EEG is not needed to determine brain death.
True
The three things that are needed are (1) absent brainstem reflexes, (2) failed apnea test, and (3) unresponsiveness.
What is first-line treatment for carpal tunnel?
Wrist splinting
How can chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy be distinguished from other polyneuropathies?
It presents with motor symptoms earlier than others.
Small fiber neuropathy affects what two nerve types?
Pain and temperature
True or false: cluster headaches are the only primary headaches with autonomic symptoms.
False
Migraines also present with autonomic symptoms.
The occipitotemporal cortex is involved in ______________.
facial recognition
_______________ often precede the development of Parkinson’s disease by a decade.
Parasomnias
Remember that B12 causes sensory and _____________ nerve damage.
UMN
Interferon beta is associated with _____________.
depression
Optic neuritis presents with papilledema and results from ________________.
damage to oligodendrocytes
