Exam 2: Remaining Material Flashcards
Multiple sclerosis
Autoimmune attack on white matter
Plaque of demyelination
MS is a ____ hypersensitivity
Type 4
MC myelin disorder
MS
MS MC in
Young adult females
MS can occur where in CNS
Anywhere
Active MS
Ongoing breakdown
Inactive MS
Minimal inflammation
Features of MS
Visual impairments
Motor/sensory impairments
Bowl/bladder dysfunction
Treatment for MS
IV corticosteroids
Immunosuppression
CAM
2 types of thiamine deficiency
Wernicke-korsakoff Syndrome
Beriberi
Wernicke-korsakoff syndrome common in
Chronic alcoholics
Wernicke korsakoff syndrome characteristics
Confusion
Confabulation
Swelling in brain
Amnesia
Beriberi
Lower extremity paralysis
Nystagmus
Cobalamin deficiency
Cord demyelination
Subacute combined degeneration of spinal cord
Hypoglycemia mimics
Global hypoxia
___ most susceptible to hypoglycemia
Hippocampus
Hyperglycemia MC due to
Uncontrolled diabetes
MC cause of dementia in elderly
AD
___ accumulate in brain in AD, and breakdown of neurons results in ___
Beta amyloid plagues
Tau proteins
AD patients MC die from
Pneumonia
MC death in Parkinson’s
Infections
Trauma
Parkinsonism
Altered motor function
Parkinson’s disease involved damage to ___, especially in ___
Dopaminergic neurons
Substantia nigra