General 5

Question 1

where is dopamine MADE

Answer 1

substantia nigra

Question 2

opsoclonus myoclonus cause and treatment

Answer 2

associated with infantile neuroblastoma; tx steroids or ACTH

Question 3

Ramsay Hunt syndrome

Answer 3

herpetic neuritis of geniculate ganglion; affected nerves 7,8

Question 4

most common CNS tumor in advanced AIDS

Answer 4

lymphoma

Question 5

peak of neuronal PROLIFERATION

Answer 5

2nd trimester

Question 6

peak of neuronal SYNAPTOGENESIS

Answer 6

toddler period (and doesn’t conclude until age 30!)

Question 7

most frequent CNS opportunistic infxn in AIDS

Answer 7

toxoplasmosis

Question 8

slowest of the prion diseases

Answer 8

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker

Question 9

Bell’s palsy most often due to

Answer 9

occult HSV

Question 10

what does tetanus toxin do?

Answer 10

blocks GABA and glycine in spinal cord

Question 11

Anton’s syndrome

Answer 11

pts deny blindness; due to b/l PCA involvement

Question 12

Balint’s syndrome

Answer 12

due to basilar involvement (unlike Antons - PCA)

Question 13

inhalant abuse can lead to

Answer 13

polyneuropathy (distal)

Question 14

Meige’s syndrome

Answer 14

blepharospasm and oromandibular dystonia

Question 15

scanning speech

Answer 15

cerebellum injury

Question 16

aphemia

Answer 16

muteness with normal reading, writing, comprehension; due to involvement of Broca’s

Question 17

opens NMDA receptor

Answer 17

glutamate AND glycine

Question 18

best somatoform prognosis

Answer 18

conversion

Question 19

only drug that is selective GABA reuptake inhibitor

Answer 19

tiagabine (gabitril)

Question 20

GABA-A receptor is what kind of channel?

Answer 20

chloride

Question 21

drug that is equal to BZDs for etoh w/d

Answer 21

carbamazepine

Question 22

sign of AVM

Answer 22

auscultating head and hearing bruit; sz also common

Question 23

cause of childhood dementia and Parkinsonism

Answer 23

Hallervorden-Spatz; iron in basal ganglia, cysteine dioxygenase

Question 24

how to treat lithium DI

Answer 24

amiloride with HCTZ

Question 25

mirtazapine MOA

Answer 25

blocks alpha2 presynaptic receptors

Question 26

fungus that causes PNA, invades vessels

Answer 26

Aspergillus

Question 27

funds that causes CNS abscess, liver dz, flu-like infection

Answer 27

histoplasma

Question 28

which gender more commonly has depression?

Answer 28

women

Question 29

cardiac effects of cannabis

Answer 29

tachycardia

Question 30

developed idea of transitional object

Answer 30

Winnicott

Question 31

paranoid-schizoid position

Answer 31

Klein: world split into good and bed elements

Question 32

BPRS used for which disorders?

Answer 32

schizophrenia and psychosis

Question 33

sleep terrors

Answer 33

... have amnesia for the event

Question 34

often associated with retrograde ejaculation

Answer 34

mellaril (thioridazine)

Question 35

NTs affected by MDMA

Answer 35

dopamine AND serotonin

Question 36

elevated ACE in CSF, neuropathies

Answer 36

sarcoidosis

Question 37

hypersomnia followed by psych sx

Answer 37

Kleine-Levin syndrome

Question 38

Alexia without agraphia

Answer 38

Left PCA: selenium of corpus callosum

Question 39

childhood disorder with precuts excavated, lens dislocation, Marfan's habits, MR, scoliosis

Answer 39

Homocystinuria

Question 40

bupropion is a substrate of

Answer 40

2B6

Question 41

___% of striatal dopamine and mitral neurons lost before PD sx arise

Answer 41

60-85

Question 42

triptan MOA

Answer 42

agonists of 1B and 1D

Question 43

helps with chorea in HD

Answer 43

tetrabenazine

Question 44

stiff person syndrome associated with

Answer 44

diabetes, polyendocrinopathy, antibodies to glutamic acid decarboxylase

Question 45

anatomy of semantic memory

Answer 45

inferotemporal lobes

Question 46

anatomy of procedural memory

Answer 46

basal ganglia, cerebellum, SMA

Question 47

anatomy of episodic memory

Answer 47

medial temporal, anterior thalamic nuclei, mammillary bodies, fornix, prefrontal cortex

Question 48

NT involved with LSD

Answer 48

serotonin

Question 49

validity scales of MMPI

Answer 49

lie scale, infrequency scale, suppressor scale

Question 50

MMPI scale used to decrease false positives and false negatives

Answer 50

suppressor scale

Question 51

MMPI scale used to detect malingering

Answer 51

infrequency scale