Final WA

Question 1

Which neurocognitive symptom is most commonly affected in patients with multiple sclerosis?

Answer 1

Bradyphrenia

Question 2

Which of the following conditions is not typically associated with hallucinations?
Schizo, Dementia w/lewy bodies or Korsakoff

Answer 2

Korsakoff

Question 3

What is not described as a typical neuropathological characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease in the Vascular hypothesis?

Answer 3

Amyloid plaques

Question 4

What is meant with ‘juvenile Huntington’s disease’?

Answer 4

Early onset (<20)

Question 5

Which brain structure underlie impairments in both patients with Parkinson’s disease and patients with Huntington’s disease?

Answer 5

Basal Ganglia

Question 6

Which factors distinguish the different stages of severity of Parkinson’s disease on the Hoehn and Yahr Scale?

Answer 6

Lateralization of motor symptoms, the absence/presence of balance problems and the ability to function independently

Question 7

What is a correct description of a hallucination?

Answer 7

A hallucination is a sensory perception without the stimulation of the sense involved

Question 8

A 56 year old male visits his doctor because he experience concentration problems and has unexplained speech difficulties. Furthermore his wife complains about his lack of initiative, apathy and sometimes socially inappropriate behaviour, which type of dementia does my dude have?

Answer 8

FTD