Applied neuroscience Flashcards
1
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What is Balint syndrome?
A
Triad:
- > simultanagnosia (cant attend to more than one item of a complex scene at a time)
- > optic ataxia (cant guide reach/point)
- > occulomotor apraxia (cant voluntarily direct saccades to a visual target)
- due to BILAT damage to superior parieto-occipital region
- causes incl carbon monoxide poisoning, watershed infarction, leucodystrophy
2
Q
What is Anton Syndrome?
A
“cortical blindness”
-> visual anosgnosia (lack of insight to their blindness
3
Q
What is Ekbom syndrome?
A
Restless leg syndrome
4
Q
What is Gerstmann syndrome?
A
4 symptoms:
- > Dysgraphia (cant write words)
- > dyscalculia (cant read/write/comprehend numbers)
- > finger agnosia (inablility to move/name/touch specific fingers)
- > left right disorientation
occurs with lesion in DOMINANT parietal lobe (ANGULAR AND SUPRAMARGINAL GYRI)
5
Q
What is Marchiafava-Bignami disease?
A
Demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum, and adjacent anterior commissure
Seen in alcoholics particularly with RED wine overconsumption.
