CAP3 Flashcards
When is the neuronal density in the brain the greatest?
There is a dramatic decrease right before birth and steady decrease to 6 to 15 months and then there are adult values
When is synaptic density the greatest?
Increases before birth until 8 months in the visual cortex; 3 years in the auditory cortex; 1 to 3 years in the prefontal cortex. It then decreases to adult values from the age of 12 to mid-adolescence. The dendritic neuronal architecture matures until late adolescence
How late does myelinization last and where?
3rd decade of life in the intracortical association areas
How much does an infant sleep at birth?
16 hours
How much does an adolescent sleep?
8 hours
What is the percent of time spent in REM sleep at birth and at adulthood?
50% at birth. 20% at age 3 (adult values)
Infants enter REM sleep right away. At what age is sleep onset without REM?
2 1/2 months
Does sensory inhibition increase or decrease with age?
Increase
At what age is REM identified?
28 to 30 weeks (prenatally)
Describe neuronal synapses before and after puberty
Before puberty there is formation and elimination (competitive elimination). After puberty, learning and memory depend on strength of already existing synapses
What is the chromosomal deletion in Williams Syndrome?
7
Wiliams Syndrome is characterized by what clinical presentation?
Intellectual disability, cardiovascular disease, adequate verbal skills, cannot integrate complete picture; play instrument. 1/20,000
What chromosome is affected in Angelman Syndrome?
15 (deletion or two copies)
What are the clinical characteristics of Angelman Syndrome?
Intellectual disability, no speech, large mandible with open mouth expression, hypotonia, motor delays. 1/10,000
What is the clinical presentation of Prader-Willi?
Obesity, temper tantrums, aggression, OCD. 1/10,000
What chromosome is affected in Prader-Willi?
Chromosome 15 q11-q13 deletion from father. Two copies also a cause
What is lissencephaly?
Most common disorder of normal migration of neurons. There are 4 cortical layers instead of the normal 6. There is a smooth cortical surface
What percentage of those with the Fragile X gene are not intellectually impaired?
20%
What gene is affected in Fragile X?
FMR-1
Which repeat defect is there in Fragile X?
CGG (200-1000 vs. 29 found normally)
What is often the first clinical symptom of Rett’s disorder?
Loss of purposeful hand movements
What chromosome is affected in Rett’s?
Xq28
Which protein is implicated in Rett’s?
MECP2 (a mutation leads to inappropriate gene expression and its protein product)
When a young child learns two languages they are represented by a single language center or two?
A single language center. In adults, a new language is represented by a new language center separate from the primary language center
How many genes are there in a person?
80,000
How many genes are present in the CNS?
30,000
Do the anterior cingulate and hippocampus show increased or decreased regional blood flow in PTSD?
Decreased
Is reading dysfunction located in the left or right hemisphere?
Left hemisphere
Which brain area has shown an incraese in size in PANDAS?
Basal ganglia
Are the basal ganglia increased or decreased in size in Tourette’s disorder?
Decreased, especially putamen and globus pallidus. There is also reduced assymetry
Is cortical blood flow and metabolism increased or decreased in the basal ganglia in Tourette’s?
Decreased
Which area of the brain shows increased activity during efforts at tic suppression?
Right caudate nucleus
Obsessive-compulsive disorder shows an increase or decrease in caudate volume?
Decrease
Patients with OCD show an increase or decrease in glutamate?
Increased glutamate in the caudate, which normalizes with treatment in one study
In patients with OCD is there an increase or decrease in the thalamus?
Increase
What is the most consistent finding in childhood onset schizophrenia?
Decreased brain size (especially frontal-temporal) and increased ventricles
Is the NAA (N-acetylaspartate) to Cr (creatine-phosphocreatine) ratio increased or decreased in schizophrenia?
Decreased
Which area in the temporal lobe fails to light up in autism in facial recognition tasks?
Fusiform gyrus
Velocardiofacial syndrome has which chromosomal deletion?
22q11.2
What percentage of patients with velocardiofacial sydnrome have schizophrenia?
30%
Do patients with velocardiofacial syndrome have increased or decreased brain size?
Decreased
Children born weighing less than 1500 g have a decreased IQ score by how much?
15 points (1 SD)
What percentage of children born weighing less than 1500 g repeat a grade by age 8?
20% (although, in preemies, age based on birthdate rather than ‘due date’ means developmentally younger for age)
What are the components of the basal ganglia?
Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus, subthalamic nuclei, substantia nigra.
What does the basal ganglia do?
Influences movement and muscle tone and also mediates higher cognitive functions
The frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital gray matter each peak at what age?
Frontal gray, 11 year old for females and 12 year old for males and then decreases in adolescence; same for parietal gray; temporal gray peaks at age 16; occipital grey increases mildly through childhood and adolescence. This differing gray matter development is uniquely human
What does magnetic resonance spectroscopy do?
Measures concentrations of chemical compounds in the brain. It has poor temporal and spatial resolution
What is diffusion tensor imaging?
MRI technology that looks at orientation of fiber tracks. Useful in strokes and multiple sclerosis.
Which is the correct order of spatial resolution for MRI, CT, PET, SPECT?
MRI>CT>PET>SPECT
When are testicular hormones first secreted?
8th week of fetal life
In Tourette’s Disorder and OCD, neuronal circuits fail in what way?
They reverberate rather than switch off (failure to self inhibit)
Which major anatomical areas of the brain have deficits in schizophrenia?
Frontal and temporal
Is brain size increased or decreased in Down’s syndrome?
Decreased by 25% but not so until age 3 to 5
Which gender exhibits more lateralization of the brain?
Males
What is the function of the amygdala?
It is a/w with fear provoked aggression. Lesions result in decreased control, spontaneity, flexibility, affect, cognition
Do children with one psychotic parent or one depressed parent and a healthy other parent have increased psychopathology?
No [what about genetic contribution?]. Absence of hostility is a key factor
Who appears more affected by an ill parent, boys or girls?
Boys
Is suicidality heritable?
Yes
Is mental illness of a parent or overall family function the greater mediator of mental illness or difficulties in a child?
Family function and not parent illness per se
Parent child conflict is usually characterized by what strategies?
Negative, insensitive, harsh (rather than reassuring, negotiating, and compromising)
Mothers in high conflict marriages use what technique with their children?
Guilt and anxiety inducing ones
What percent of mothers of preschool children have reported depressive symptoms?
40%
How many substantiated reports of child maltreatment are there per year?
1,000,000 (with 1000 deaths per year)
What year were special education laws revised to mandate special services for 3 to 5 year olds and allow states early intervention from 0 to 3?
1986
What is the most widely used neonatal test?
Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale
What is the most widely used infant and toddler test?
Bayley Scales of Infant Development (1 to 42 months)
What infant/toddler screening test can be used with language and visually impaired children?
DASI. Developmental Activity Screening Inventory
What is subacute sclerosing panencephalitis?
Chronic progressive encephalitis. Persistent infection of measles virus. Occurs rarely after one has had measles. Symptoms emerge 4 to 15 years later. There is personality change, poor school function, myoclonic seizures, involuntary movements, ataxia, dementia. 1/1,000,000
Most children with HIV infection obtain it how?
Vertical (maternal) transmission
How does one diagnose lyme disease?
IgM antibodies to B. Burgodoferi or by polymerase chain reaction
What fraction of children have lyme neuroborreliosis when infected?
1/620. Psychosis can be seen
When is syphilis most likely to be acquired by a fetus?
4 to 7 months gestation. General paresis occurs 6 to 21 years later. Treatment is with Penicillin G
What percent of survivors of meningitis have sequelae?
50%. Lower IQ, hearing loss. The sequelae are worse for infants and if treatment is delayed
What is most common cause of meningitis in those greater than a month old?
S. Pneumoniae, N. Meningitidis, B. Hemolytic Strep, Listeria. Starts with an upper respiratory infection
What is the most common type of psychiatric disorder after a traumaic brain injury?
Postconcussive–>labile, aggressive, disinhibited
What do prospective studies of traumatic brain injury outcomes show about psychopathology?
After accounting for premorbid psychopathology, severe but not mild TBI increases risk of psychopathology
What is post-concussional syndrome?
Headache, dizziness, fatigue, decreased concentration, memory, irritability, anxiety, insomnia, hypochondriasis, hypersensitivity to noise, photophobia, seizure like symptoms
Traumatic brain injury incidents peak at what age?
15 years
What is the definition of a concussion?
Transient but widespread loss of neuronal function
What is the most common lesion on MRI after closed head injury?
Diffuse axonal injury. Clinical sign is loss of consciousness. There are small focal injuries in white matter tracts. The second most common finding on MRI is cortical contusion
What brain area is involved in the acquisition of emotional memories?
The amygdala
What area of the brain constrains impulsive acts?
Orbital-frontal cortex
What area of the brain is involved in delay gratification
Ventromedial prefrontal cortex
Behavioral inhibition is related to what four executive neuropsychological functions?
Working memory, self-regulation, internalization of speech, reconstruction. Separation of affect as well
Is there a correlation between IQ and suicidal behavior?
No. Mood disorder, alcohol use, personality disorder, and impulsive-aggressive traits are correlated
What does the evidence suggest regarding the use of lithium in adults with major depressive disorder and bipolar and suicide?
Reduced the rate by 9 times (discontinuing lithium led to 7 times more attempts and 9 times more completions). Tondo et al. 1997 reviewed 28 studies involving 17,000 patients. More recent evidence supports this, too, Song et al. 2017
What is the outcome for children with depression?
Based on 10 to 15 year follow-up of pre-pubertally depressed children, the outcome was 3 times an increase of suicide attempts, bipolar disorder, and adult depression (when psychopathology continued)
Is there a gender difference for severity or recurrence of childhood depression?
No
At what age does a gender difference emerge for depression?
15 to 18 years of age
What symptoms of depression are present equally in children and in adolescents?
Decreased mood, decreased concentration, insomnia, suicidal thinking.
What are the differences in children and adolescents in their manifestation of depression?
Child: depressed appearance, somatic, psychomotor agitation, separation anxiety, phobias. Adolescents: drug use, hopelessness, hypersomnia, anhedonia, weight changes. Both groups have decreased mood and concentration, insomnia, suicidal thinking
What percentage of OCD patients respond to OCD treatment
50% have 25 to 40% reduction in symptoms
What percent of children 12 and under who are raped know the attacker?
96%. 20% are fathers, 16% are relatives; 50% are friends or acquaintances; others less known/close; 4% are strangers
When child sexual abuse involves abuse by females what percentage is by mother only?
3.8%. 12% by both parents. 11% by mother with others. 2.2% by female relative.
When are children most vulnerable for sexual abuse?
8 to 12 years of age