NB (065) Practical of Neuropathology

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Which cell is responsible for repair of NS injury?

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Mention the two sets of monocyte / macrophage cells in CNS

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• Parenchymal (resident) microglial cells

• Blood-borne monocytes

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Define Gliosis

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• Gliosis: non specific reaction to any brain injury, e.g. e.g., ischemia, trauma, neurodegenerative diseases, demyelinating diseases, …)

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Define Microglia activation

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• Microglia activation is non specific reaction to any brain injury, e.g. e.g., ischemia, trauma, neurodegenerative diseases, demyelinating diseases, …)

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MS affects the central nervous system (CNS) Which part of the CNS is affected?

A. Nerve cells (neurons)

B. Myelin

C. Plaques

D. Vertebrae

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Although the exact cause of MS is not yet known, which factor may play a role?

A. Environment

B. Viruses

C. Family history

D. All of the above

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D. All of the above

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what do you see

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What do you see

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identify the type of MS plaque and tell why

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identify the type of MS plaque and tell why

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identify the type of MS plaque and tell why

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identify the type of MS plaque, identify the stain and tell why

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Question 24

Which of the following genetic phenomena are associated with Huntington’s disease?

A. Trinucleotide repeats

B. Autosomal Dominant Inheritance

C. CAG nucleotide expansion

D. All of the above

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Question 25

Individuals with Huntington’s Disease are those who have how many CAG repeats on chromosome 4?

A. 20-31

B. 5-20

C. 31-33

D. 36-120

E. 1-5

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Question 26

What type of mutation is Huntington’s disease?

A. Sex-linked dominant

B. Autosomal dominant

C. Autosomal recessive

D. Sex-linked recessive

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Question 27

Huntington’s disease results in the loss of ……. Function

A. GABAergic

B. Cholinergic

C. Dopamine

D. None of the above

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Question 32

The peak age of onset for Parkinson’s disease is in the following decade

A. Third

B. Fourth

C. Fifth

D. Sixth

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Question 33

The part of the brain most affected in Parkinson’s disease is

A. Corpus striatum

B. Putamen

C. Substantia nigra

D. Thalamus

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Question 34

Parkinson disease is marked by a shortage of which chemical in the brain?

A. Serotonin

B. GABA

C. Dopamine

D. Norepinephrine

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Question 35

Eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions seen in the brain cells of a patient with Parkinson’s disease are

A. Golgi bodies

B. Lewy bodies

C. Paschen bodies

D. All of the above

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What is the nature of Lewy bodies?

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➢ Lewy body is an aggregate of ⍺ - synuclein

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True or false

α- synuclein and Parkin genes are linked to Parkinson’s disease

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