2017 RITE answer explanations

Question 1

Nucleus responsible for vertical saccades

Answer 1

rostral interstitial nucleus of MLF (riMLF)

Question 2

internal auditory artery is a branch of

Answer 2

AICA (unilateral deafness)

Question 3

class affect of dopamine agonists that involves behavior

Answer 3

impulsive and repetitive

Question 4

Gerstmann syndrome localization

Answer 4

left angular gyrus

Question 5

inability to integrate different aspects of a visual scene to perceive at as a whole

Answer 5

Balint Syndrome - simultagnosia/optic ataxia/apraxia

Question 6

Area of brain injury that is most associated with depression

Answer 6

left anterior frontal lobe

Question 7

protein that ALS and FTD share in some cases

Answer 7

TDP-43

Question 8

Rx that helps with anxiety and tics

Answer 8

paroxetine

Question 9

anitbody sen in Hashimoto encephalopathy

Answer 9

microsomal

Question 10

Prosopagnosia localization

Answer 10

right temporo-occipital

Question 11

pure alexia without agraphia localization

Answer 11

splenium

Question 12

best antipsychotic in PD

Answer 12

quetiapine

Question 13

unique features to serotonin syndrome

Answer 13

shivering and myoclonus

Question 14

Check this in asian descent being treated with carbamazepine

Answer 14

HLA-B*1502

Question 15

Most common mutation in FALS

Answer 15

C9orf72

Question 16

Anoxic brain injury no hypothermia protocol best predictor on exam

Answer 16

absent pupillary/corneal response at 3 days

Question 17

bilateral periventricular heterotopias mutation in

Answer 17

filamin A

Question 18

Drug to prolong ambulation in MD

Answer 18

corticosteroids (dalfampridine/ampyra in MS)

Question 19

dysconjugate, highly variable nystagmus, head nodd/tilt without opthalmologic abnormalities in child

Answer 19

spasmus nutans

Question 20

benign idiopathic neonatal convulsions

Answer 20

KCNq2/3