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Congenital Diseases Associated With The Central Nervous System Flashcards

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1
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What does the neural tube give rise to?

A 
Brain 
Spinal cord
Cranial and spinal nerves 
Eyes and other sensory organs
Neural crest
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When is the neural tube formed?

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In gastrulation at week 3/4

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What happens as the neural tube closes?

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Becomes patterned along the dorso-ventral and rostro-caudal axis

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4
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What are defects classified according to?

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Stage thought to be affected

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5
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What are the classifications of neural tube defects?

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Early CNS patterning
Neural tube closure
Regional brain defects

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6
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What is an example of an early CNS patterning defect?

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Holoprosencephaly

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7
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What are some examples of neural tube closure defects?

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Chraniorachischsis
Exencephaly
Spina bifida

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8
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How many neural tube closure points are there?

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Three main and two others

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9
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Where is the first closure of the neural tube?

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Between hindbrain and spinal cord

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10
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Where is the second closure of the neural tube?

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Between forebrain and midbrain

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Where is the third closure of the neural tube?

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Most rostral portion of forebrain and only progresses posteriorly

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Where is the fourth closure of the neural tube?

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More rostral and within the hindbrain than closure 1

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Where is the fifth closure of the neural tube?

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Most posterior point so only progresses anteriorly

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14
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What are the two modes of neural tube closure?

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Primary or secondary neurulation

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15
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What happens in primary neurulation?

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Rolling up of tube

Closure is by fold apposition then ‘zipping up’

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What is secondary neurulation?

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Tunneling or hollowing of tail bud

17
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What are the steps in primary neurulation?

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Shaping
Folding
Elevation
Convergence
Closure
18
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What happens in the shaping step of primary neurulation?

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Narrowing along the mediolateral axis and extend along the rostro-caudal axis

19
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What happens in the folding step of primary neurulation?

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Occurs by the establishment of hinge points along the neural plate

20
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What is the first hinge point to appear in primary neurulation?

A

Midline hingepoint

21
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What happens in the elevation step of primary neurulation?

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Lateral wings of neural plate to fold up

22
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What happens in the convergence step of primary neurulation?

A

More hinge points formed next to the neural crest which allows for the rounding of the plate

23
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What causes the cell wedging at hinge points in primary neurulation?

A

Microtubules and actin filaments

24
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What is primary neurulation controlled by?

A

Planar cell polarity pathway

25
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What is convergence-extension?

A

Process of lengthening by narrowing

26
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What does convergence-extension require?

A

Cells to become polarised in the plane of the cell layer

27
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What is convergence- extension controlled by?

A

Wnt-PCP pathway

28
Q

What are the names of coreceptors necessary for signal transduction?

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Vangl and celsr

29
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What does the wnt-PCP pathway lead to?

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Regulation of transcription and regulation of the cytoskeleton

30
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What do mouse mutants in components of the wnt-PCP pathway show?

A

Neural tube defects:

Abnormally broad neural plate with a non-bending region

31
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What is cell wedging?

A

Mechanism by which the hinges on the neural plate are formed

32
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What is cell wedging caused by?

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Cytoskeleton remodelling at the apical cortex

33
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What maintains the shape of subapical epithelial cells?

A

Lots of actin filaments that maintain the shape of cells

34
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What are some environmental factors that are associated with neural tube defects?

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Maternal diet/obesity
Diabetes
Hypertermia
Teratogenic agents

35
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What is hypertermia?

A

Severe disease that includes high temperature in early pregnancy

36
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What is an example of a teratogenic agent?

A

Valproic acid

37
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How much folic acid does a pregnant women with no NTD history need to take?

A

0.4mg/day

38
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How much folic acid does a pregnant women with a NTD history need to take?

A

5mg/day

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