Flashcards in Neuro Deck (188)
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Labs on neural tube defects?
Increased AFP
Increased AChE
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What maternal disease is anencephaly associated with?
Maternal type 1 diabetes
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What mutation is holoprosencephaly associated with?
Sonic headgehog
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What conditions is holoprosencephaly associatd with?
Patau syndrome
FAS
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How does syringomyelia present?
"Cape-like" bilateral loss of pain and temp sensation in UE (C8-T1)
- Ciari I malformation
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Neuron staining?
Nissl (RER) - only in dendrites
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Astrocyte staining?
GFAP
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Where is Ach produced?
Basal nucleus of Meynert (degernation in Alzheimers)
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Where is DA produced?
Ventral tegmentum
SNpc
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Where is GABA prodcued?
Nucleus accumbens
- Made from glutamate and vit B6
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Where is NE produced?
Locus ceruleus
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Where is serotonin produced?
Raphe nucleus
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Function of supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus?
Makes ADH
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Function of paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus?
Makes oxytocin
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Function of lateral area of hypothalamus?
Hunger
- Damage --> anorexia
- Stimulated by: ghrelin
- Inhibited by: leptin
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Function of ventromedial area of hypothalamus?
- Satiety
- Damage (craniopharyngioma) --> hyperphagia
- Stimulated by: leptin
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Function of anterior hypothalamus?
- Cooling (PS)
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Function of posterior hypothalamus?
- Heating (S)
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Function of suprachiasmatic nucleus?
- Circadian rhythm
- SCN releases NE --> pineal gland --> melatonin
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Extraocular movements during REM due to?
PPRF
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Treatment for bedwedding?
Oral desmopressin (1st line)
Imipramine (TCA) 2nd line
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Treatment for night terrors and sleepwalking?
Benzos
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Function of VPL of thalamus?
Sensory from body
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Funciton of VML of thalamus?
Sensory from face
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Function of lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus?
Vision
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Function of medial geniculate nucleus of thalamus?
Hearing
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Function of ventral lateral nucleus of thalamus?
Motor
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Mesocortical DA Pathway
Negative sx
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Mesolimbic DA pathway
Positive sx
- Antipsychotics
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