68 Clinical: Neurodegenerative Disorders Flashcards
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Clinical Exam
- What is the grading system for motor strength?
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Clinical Exam
- How are deep tendon reflexes grades?
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Clinical Exam
- Give the nerve root supply as well as the name of the nerve for the following reflexes
- Facial Reflex
- Jaw
- Upper Limb Reflexes
- Bicep
- Brachioradialus
- Triceps
- Finger
- Lower Limb Reflexes
- Knee Jerk
- Ankle
- Facial Reflex
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Clinical Exam
- What are the 6 signs of an Upper Motor Neuron Lesion?
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Clinical Exam
- What are the 6 signs of an Lower Motor Neuron Lesion?
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Neurodegenerative Dementia
- What are the 4 major types that Ziebarth wants us to know?
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Alzheimer’s
- How common is this, among other forms of dementia?
- What age does this usually start at?
- What 2 types of pathophysiology are seen?
- What are the 4 risk factors, aside from genetics?
- Genetics
- What 3 gene mutations are associated with this, and what chromosomes are the genes on?
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Alzheimer’s
- What is shown in these two brain tissue slides?
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Alzheimer’s
- Cinical Presentation
- How does early-stage AD present?
- What would a patient most liekly have more of: AB plaques or Tau tangles?
- How does late-stage AD present?
- What would a patient most liekly have more of: AB plaques or Tau tangles?
- How does early-stage AD present?
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10
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Alzheimer’s
- What is memantine commonly combined with?
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donepezil
11
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Vascular Dementia
- How common is this?
- What are the 4 most common Risk Factors?
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Vascular Dementia
- How does this start?
- How do patients present?
- What are the goals of treatment?
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Frontotemporal Dementia aka Pick’s Disease
- When do people get this?
- What type of pathophysiolgoy does it have, and what does it NOT have?
- What are the 2 biggest risk factos?
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Frontotemporal Dementia aka Pick’s Disease
- What are the 3 varients of this condition?
- Give the notable strucutres that are affected?
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Frontotemporal Dementia aka Pick’s Disease
- Give the clinical presentation for the behavioral variant of this condition
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