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1
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Things that stabilize the brain during accel/decel, and where the second one is:

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Falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli.

Tentorium cerebelli lies between cerebellum and occipital lobes.

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Common cause of epidural space:

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Rupture of the middle meningeal artery

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3
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Define: aneurysm

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Hemorrhage in subarachnoid space

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4
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Anterior circulation is served by what artery? Posterior circulation is served by what artery? Also, where do the circuits differentiate?

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Anterior - internal carotid
Posterior - basilar/vertebral
Differentiate at aorta

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5
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Stroke of MCA:

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Contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss in face and arm.
Right: hemineglect, anosognosia.
Left: aphasias.

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Stroke of ACA:

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Contralateral hemiparesis and hemisensory loss in leg and foot.
In frontal lobe: personality change.

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Stroke of PCA:

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Occipital: hemianopsia, visual agnosia
Temporal: memory impairment.

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What part of the brain is associated with prosopagnosia?

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Stroke of PCA, damage to inferior temporal cortex.

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9
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Superficial veins drain where? Deep veins drain where?

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Superficial - superior sagittal sinus and cavernous sinus

Deep - great vein of Galen

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10
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BOLD:

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Blood-oxygen level-dependent signal. Use glucose but not O2.

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11
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RBC/WBC content of CSF:

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No RBC, very few WBC.

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12
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Rate of CSF formation?

Rate of CSF absorption?

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Formation: constant.
Absorption: responds a lot, fast, with changes in pressure.

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13
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What kind (-ergic) of ganglion for symp? parasymp? Distance from target?

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Symp: adrenergic, far
Parasymp: cholinergic, close

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14
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Layers of enteric motor system:

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Mucus
Submucus/Meissner's plexus 
Circular muscle layer
Myenteric/Auerbach's plexus 
Longitudinal muscle layer
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15
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What’s the one layer of the enter motor system I keep forgetting?

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Myenteric/Auerbach’s plexus

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16
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What is the arcuate fasciculus?

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A bridge between Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas.

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17
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Origins of ACh system:

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Brain stem/basal forebrain.

18
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Origins of dopamine system and 3 pathways:

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Substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area.

19
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Norepinephrine:

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Locus coeruleus and lateral tegmental area.

20
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Serotonin:

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Raphe nuclei (rostral to forebrain, caudal to cerebellum/medulla/SC)

21
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Goddamn cascades:
Olfactory
Phototransduction
LTP
LTD
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Olf: G-protein, AC, cAMP, ions, depol.
Photo: Light, opsin, retinal, phosphodiesterase, cGMP.
LTP: CaMKII and PKC; PKA, gene regulation.
LTD: Glu, mGluR, PKC, Ca2+, eat AMPA

22
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Layers of olf bulb:

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Granule cell
Mitral cell
External plexiform
Glomeruli
Olf nerves
Cribiform plate
Olf epithelium
23
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What cells are involved in olf fine-tuning?

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Mitral pokes granule. Granule shushes other mitrals.

24
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Central projections of the olf system:

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Bulb

Pyriform cortex, olf tubercle, amygdala, entorhinal cortex

Orbitofrontal cortex, hypothalamus, thalamus, hippocampus

25
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Layers of the retina:

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Pigment epithelium
Photoreceptor outer segments
Outer nuclear layer
Outer plexiform layer
Inner nuclear layer
Inner plexiform layer
Ganglion cell layer
Nerve fibre layer
26
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Dark current:

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cGMP keeps Na+ channels open for Glu. In light, cGMP->GMP.

27
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Where does first binocular vision occur?

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Striate cortex

28
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Auditory pathway:

When is it ipsilateral?

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Spiral ganglion
Ventral cochlear nucleus
Superior olive
Inferior colliculus
MGN
Cortex
Only ipsilateral at spiral.
29
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Olives and sound localization:

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Medial superior - temporal

Lateral superior - intensity

30
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Perception of auditory space lives where?

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Midbrain

31
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Anterolateral (vs dorsal column-medial lemniscus):

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Pain and temperature, dorsal, decussate early.

32
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Dorsal column-medial lemniscus (vs anterolateral):

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Mechanosensory, SC->medulla, decussate late.

33
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Lateral ventral horn (vs medial):

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Motor cortex axons.

Fine motor control.

34
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Medial ventral horn (vs lateral):

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Brainstem axons.

Posture, balance, orienting head/neck during visual shift.

35
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Corticospinal tract - lateral pathway:

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Motor cortex
Internal capsule
Midbrain
Pons
Pyramids
-- Decussation -- 
Lateral SC
36
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Hemiballismus is damage to what?

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Subthalamic nucleus

37
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What’s active during REM?

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Anterior cingulate, amygdala, parahippocampal gyrus, pontine tegmentum

38
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What’s inactive during REM?

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Posterior cingulate, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

39
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How does muscle paralysis happen in REM?

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GABA -> ACh -> Glu -> glycine -> shush motor neurons by hyperpol

40
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Things needed for LTP: (6)

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Prolonged high frequency stimulus.
Coincidence of pre/post-synaptic activity.
Strong specific activity or weak associative activity beside strong.
Short term NMDA, long term AMPA.
PKC/CaMKII cascade.
Protein synthesis for very long term.

41
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Things needed for LTD:

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Prolonged low frequency stimulation.
Slow Ca2+ rise.
Post-synaptic AP before pre.

42
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Cerebellar vs hippocampal LTD:

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Cerebellum has no NMDA. Cerebellum uses kinase, hippocampal uses phosphatase.

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