Nephrology Correlates Flashcards
Contains Vasa Recta and has longer loops of Henle
Juxtamedullary Nephrons
Memory store house. Lesion will produce retro grade amnesia
Thalamus
Output pathway for reward and punishment centers. Lesions causes antero grade amnesia
Hippocamus
Most efficacious of the triptans
Rizatriptans and electriptans
Core feature of cluster headache
Periodicity
Classic headache associated with brain tumor
Most evident in the morning and improves during the day
Key pathway for pain in migraine
Trigeminocascular input from the meningeal vessels
Most drugs effective in the treatment of migraine are members of one of three major pharmacologic classes
Anti inflammatory agents, 5 HT 1B/1D receptor agonist. Dopamine receptor antagonist
Glucocorticoid of choice for brain tumors because of its relatively low mineralocorticoid activity
Dexamethasone
Most common tumor of childhood
Grade I Astrocytoma/ Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Most common malignant brain tumor of childhood
Medalluoblastoma
Site of erythropoietin production
Interstitial cells of peritubular capillaries
