Final Study Deck Flashcards
Test used to dx Parkinson’s: Your doctor will have you relax the muscles in your limb. They’ll then flex and extend your limb. They’re looking to see if: your muscle is stiff and inflexible when they try to move it
cog wheel test
a condition where your face, body or both make sudden, irregular movements which you cannot control
Tardive dyskinesia
an inability to remain still. It is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that is associated with psychomotor restlessness
Akathisia
slowness of movement and is one of the cardinal manifestations of Parkinson’s disease
Bradyskinesia
the brain uses __% of total resting oxygen
20
__-__% of total blood flow goes to the brain
15-20%
the brain uses __% of glucose metabolism
60%
the brain uses __% of its energy maintaining neurons and glial cells
25%
the brain uses __% of its energy sending electrical signaling across the brain’s circuits.
75%
planned and purposeful neuronal cell death
apoptosis
a natural process that occurs in the brain between early childhood and adulthood where the brain eliminates extra synapses
synaptic pruning
synaptic pruning functions to increase what in the brain?
efficiency
what condition is correlated with decreased synapses?
schizophrenia
what condition is correlated with increased synapses?
autism
Forebrain/Frontal Lobe Functions (2)
- executive fxns (emo regulation, planning, reasoning, inhibitory control etc.)
- personality
