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What causes akinetic mutism?

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akinetic mutism = failure to move or speak = failure of “go”

  • due to medial frontal lobe dysfunction
  • loss of intiaitve/agency/motivation

due to: stroke, medial frontal mass lesion, trauma, degeneration

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What are two hardwired neural substrates of behavior?

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language

visual processig

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What is an example of incidental neural substrate of behavior?

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crying

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What are the 2 components of consciousness?

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arousal and awareness

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What are the components of cognition?

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  • attention
  • language
  • memory
  • perceptual processing
  • praxis
  • thought content
  • executive
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What are the 5 neuro behavioral domains?

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consciousness
cognition
emotion
behavior
motor
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What determines hemispheric dominance?

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language lateralization

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What is signficance of handedness clinically?

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can infer hemispheric dominance [language lateralization] from handedness

> 90% of pop is R hand –> >98% of those are L-dominant language

60% of those are L dominant for language

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What is significance of L-handers more likely to have bilateral language representation?

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recover language more quickly if one side of brain is damaged [stroke]

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What does non-dominant hemisphere specialize in?

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nonverbal functions

  • prosody [emotion conveyed by voice]
  • visual spatial analysis
  • spatial attention
  • analytical skills based on spatial organization
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What does dominant hemisphere specialize in?

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  • language
  • praxis [motor skill planning]
  • analytical skills based on sequential processing
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Whaat are the 3 networks for attention?

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  • alerting, orienting, executing
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What are the 3 main parameters used to evaluate language dysfunction?

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fluency [grammar/syntax]
ability to repeat
comprehension

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What areas of brain responsible for comprehension of language? function of each

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  • wernicke’s area [superior temporal gyrus close to primary auditory cortex]
  • —> identifies auditory stimuli as having linguistic value
  • transcortical sensory area [a temporo-parietal association area]
  • —-> determines what this info actually means
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What areas of brain responsibel for expression of language?

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broca’s area [inferior frontal gyrus]
—> mediates final output for language

transcortical motor area of frontal lobe
—> assembles components of language into syntactically correct structure

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What part of brain responsible for language repetition?

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arcuate fasciculous = connects Broca’s and Wernicke’s

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What happens in broca’s aphasia?

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= expressive aphasia

  • non-fluent speech missing relational words [articles, conjunctors, “telegraphic speech”]
  • preserved comprehension
  • impaired repetition
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What happens in wernicke’s aphasia?

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  • impaired comprehension
  • impaired repetition
  • fleuncy preserved and language syntactically correct but semantically empty
    paraphrasic errors
    neologisms [made up words

= receptive aphasia

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What is transcortical motor aphasia?

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= expressive dysphasia
impaired fluency
preserved comprehension
preserved repetition

afffected individuals can not assemble sentences

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What is transcortical sensory aphasia?

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preserved fluency
preserved repetition
impaired comprehension

= receptive aphasia

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What is conduction aphasia?

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preserved fluency
impaired repetition
preserved comprehension

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What is impaired in global aphasia?

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everything [fluency, repetition, comprehension] all impaired

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What is function of non-dominant “wernicke” homologue? broca homologue?

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wernicke = speech comprehension
its homologue = detecting prosody [emotion/intonation in language]

broca = fluency
its homolgue = imbuing prosody

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What is alexia [without agraphia]? cause?

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disconnection syndrome caused by PCA territory stroke

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What is a disconnection syndrome?
lesion in white matter disconnects the network connections between visual cortex and language processing areas --> pt loses ability to read
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What are the different steps in memory?
- attention - registration - working memory - evaluation for relevance - encoding - storage - retrieval
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What structures mediates attention in memory?
ACC [anterior cingulate], parietal
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What structures mediate registration of memory?
- primary sensory cortex | - prefrontal cortex [PFC]
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What structure mediates working memory?
dorso-lateral prefrontal cortex [DLPFC]
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What structures mediate evaluation of memory for relevance?
limbic ACC DLFPC
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What structure mediates encoding of memory?
hippocampus
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What structures mediate storage/consolidation/retrieval or memory?
distributed circuitry
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What is anterograde amnesia?
impaired ability to form new memories
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What is retrograde amnesia?
lose old memories | may or may not have temporal gradient [easier to remember newer or older or same for both]
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What is echoic memory?
lasts 5 se or less = perceptual echo | important for facilitating registration
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What is short term memory?
seconds to minutes
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What is working memory?
complex attentional circuits, tast control, short term memory systems
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What is explicit/declarative long term memory?
conscious and can be semantic [memory for facts] or episodic [memory for events]
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What is implicity long term memory?
non-conscious | procedural [memory for riding bike], classic conditional [stimulus association], or emotional memory
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In neglect: where does dominate parietal lobe mediate attention to? what about non-dominant? significance?
``` dominant = contralateral hemispace non-dominant = bilateral hemispace ``` --> neuroanatomy of neglect mediated by non-dominant parietal lobe
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What is hemi-neglect?
pt with neglect completely unaware of half their body | - from lesion in non-dominant parietal lobe causes contralateral neglect [lesion in right lobe causes neglect on left]
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What is agnosia?
intact perception but dysfunction of associational sensory processing --> impaired recognition of object ex. visual agnosia --> inabilit to visaully recognize object even though its intact
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What is anosagnosia? 2 examples?
inability to recognize one's own deficit - hemi-body neglect - anton's syndrome --> cortical blindness but unaware of deficit
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What happens if you have complete unilateral loss of perception?
sensory field cut
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How do you test neglect?
line bissection test | clock test
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What is dyspraxia?
inability to perform previously learned motor task
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What is praxis? type of info needed?
praxis = act of translating intent into act requires: 1. conceptual = what to do 2. performance = how to do it
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What is praxicon?
like a lexicon = a store of motor programs
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What is path to get praxis on right side [assuming left dominant]?
left parietal sends signal to SMA and other premotor areas --> send signal to left motor cortex --> left corticospinal tract --> right praxis
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What is path to get praxis on left side [assuming left dominant]?
left parietal sends signal to SMA and other premotor areas --> send signal via corpus callosum to right motor cortex --> right corticospinal tract --> left praxis
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What are the 3 functional subdivisions of executive prefrontal cortex?
1. medial PFC/Anterior cingulate = "go" 2. orbitofrontal cortex = "No Go" 3. dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC = "How to go"
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Match these function subdivisions of prefrontal cortex with their function 1. medial PFC/Anterior cingulate 2. dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC 3. orbitofrontal cortex A. No Go B. Go C. How to Go
1. medial PFC/Anterior cingulate = "go" 2. orbitofrontal cortex = "No Go" 3. dorsolateral and ventrolateral PFC = "How to go"
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What is function of medial PFC-ACC subdivision?
"Go" | Function = motivation, initiative, agency
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What happens in medial PFC-ACC subdivision dysfunction? causes?
abulic-akinetic syndrome or akinetic mutism causes: ACA stroke, medial frontal mass lesion, trauma, degeneration [frontotemporal dementia]
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What is function of orbitofrontal cortex subdivision?
"No Go" | provides brakes/inhibition
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What is function of dorsolateral-ventrolateral PFC subdivision?
"How to Go" | executive function
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What happens in orbitofrontal cortex subdivision dysfunction?
disinhibition, perseveration
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What happens in dorsolateral ventrolateral PFC subdivision dysfunction?
problems with shifting from 1 set to another, impaired maintenance of goal, task control, impaired error monitoring
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What does clock test tell you?
executive dysfunction
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What 2 components make up frontal lobe?
M1 and prefrontal cortex
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What components make up prefrontal cortex?
- premotor cortex - supplementary motor area - frontal eye fields - brocas - transcortical motor - executive prefrontal cortex

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