Case 21 Flashcards
1
Q
Name the disease caused by degeneration of the nigrostriatal pathway
A
Parkinson’s disease
2
Q
Name the disease linked to loss of inhibitory GABA signalling
A
Temporal lobe epilepsy
3
Q
Name the neurotransmitter that excess levels of (particularly in disease) leads to excitotoxicity in neurones
A
Glutamate
4
Q
What functions is the temporal lobes responsible for?
A
Auditory Cortex
Language
5
Q
What diseases/conditions are linked to temporal lobe dysfunction?
A
Epilepsy Aphasia Amnesia Auditory problems - hallucinations Alzheimer's Fronto-temporal dementia Schizophrenia
6
Q
What would damage to Wernicke’s area cause?
A
Fluent aphasia
7
Q
Name some types of epileptic seizures
A
Tonic-clonic Absence Tonic Atonic Myoclonic Clonic
