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Neuro 1 Flashcards

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Holoprosencephaly
• associated anomalies
• caused by

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  • Failure of forebrain to divide into cerebral hemispheres
  • Associated with cyclopia and facial anomalies

** loss of midline structure

Cause:
- Ewe eats plant -Veratrum californicum on DAY 14
- must be other causes bc we see this sometimes
(in humans – Fetal alcoholism, Morning after pill)

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Encephaloclasic defects (2 forms)
• what species mainly
• caused by

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• mainly ruminants

continuum of dz

  1. Porencephaly -smaller
  2. Hydranencephaly -larger

always fetal dz

  • *start as necrosis of parenchyma of the brain
  • liquifactive necrosis of white matter –> partial to total loss of brain

Main causes:
- Viral – BVD, bluetongue

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Ventricular dilation

How can you tell if it is congenital?

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Accumulation of CSF in ventricular system
Causes:
- Obstruction of outflow
- decreased absorption
- Excess production

Can be congenital or acquired
-Congenital –> enlargement of calverium due to lack of closure!

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Hydromyelia

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Dilation of central canal of spinal cord

  • -Congenital or acquired
    • Still lined by ependymal cells
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Syringomyelia

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  • Tubular cavitation in spinal cord
  • May communicate with central canal, but NOT lined by ependymal cells
  • Syringo- = Tube/fistula
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Cerebellar hypoplasia

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Link to viral destruction of external granular layer
- Feline panleukopenia
- BVD virus
• they like rapidly dividing cells

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Dysraphism / Meningocele

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Protrusion of meninges through defect in dorsal aspect of cranium or vertebral column
• covered just by skin or meninges
• sometimes brain/spinal cord can come thru with it

** Raph- = “seam”

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Meningoencephalocele

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brain + meninges protrude thru dorsal cranium

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Meningomyelocele

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spinal cord + meninges protrude thru dorsal cranium

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Colonic aganglionosis

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‘Overo lethal white foal syndrome’
• American Paint horse foals
= Unpigmented hair and skin

    • 1 AA mutation in Endothelin receptor B gene
  • -> lack signal of Neural crest stem cell
  • -> into Lg intestinal ganglia & lack of Melanocytes
  • -> mechonium stays in GI tract
  • -> death from intestinal obstruction
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Name the types of glial cells

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  1. Macroglia
    - astrocytes
    - oligodendroglia
  2. Ependymal cells /choroid plexus
  3. Microglia
    - derived from Monocytes
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Neuropil

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term for Cellular Processes of neurons and glia that compose the GRAY matter of the brain/cord

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Leptomeninges

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Arachnoid membrane & pia mater + space btwn

-Ruminants often have Melanosis

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Nissl substance

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  • the predominant cytoplasmic feature of most neuronal cell bodies
  • granular/ smudged basophilic material
  • RER & polysomes

**not in axons!

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What do you call a “group of neuronal cell bodied in the CNS”?
What are axons called?

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Nuclei

Tracts – named for sites of origin and termination

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What do you call a “group of neuronal cell bodied in the PNS”?
What are axons called?

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Ganglia

Nerves

  • UMN axons = confined to the CNS
    - extend to neurons in the brain stem and spinal cord
  • LMN extend from cell bodies in the brain stem or spinal cord into cranial nerves and spinal nerves of the PNS
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Myelinating cells of PNS vs CNS

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PNS = Schwann cells (some cells have Amphicytes)

CNS = oligodendrocytes

18
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What does myelin internode refer to?

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the area where the myelin is on an axon

–the space btwn these are called Node of Ranvier

19
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What is Perineurium?

What is Epineurium?

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Peri = the fibrous tissue that bundles axons into fascicles
Epi = contiguous with the dura mater, ensheaths the entire nerve
-contains ample adipose tissue

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What is the main leukocyte observed in normal neuron?

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Mast cell

21
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Which axon is more likely to be myelinated?

> 2 OR <2 micron micron diameter

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Axons that are Larger than 2 microns

22
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Which enzymes are assoc’d with Anterograde transport?

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Anterograde

  • protein kinesin –Faster
  • microtubule- associated protein dynamin –Slower

Retrograde
*dynein

23
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where does sympathetic nerves (LMN) arise from?

– what can damage to these nerves cause?

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  • T1 to L4
  • Horner’s syndrome
    (ptosis, miosis, and enophthalmos)
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where does parasympathetic nerves (LMN) arise from?

– what CNs do the become?

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  • CN 3 = to control pupils and eyelids
  • CN7 = lacrimal glands
  • CN 7 and 9 = salivary glands
  • CN 10 = heart
  • caudal segments = caudal viseara
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Astrocytes

  • 2 types
  • function
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  1. Protoplasmic = gray matter
  2. Fibrous = white matter
    - structural support, neurotransmitter metabolism, maintenance of ionic balance, and transfer of metabolites from blood to neurons
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What is the role of astrocytes in immature brain?

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guide migrating neuronal cell bodies and developing axons

27
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What is the glia limitans?

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A network of astrocytic processes just beneath the pia mater

28
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What histochemical process is used to ID astrocytes?

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  • Metallic stains
  • IHC for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)
    = major cytoskeletal elements
29
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What is the importance of Microglia?

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  • derived from monocytes
  • APC’s = innate immune system of the CNS
  • least common glial cell in a normal brain
30
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Ependymal cells

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  • line the ventricles of the brain and the central canal of the spinal cord.
  • ciliated cells function in the flow of cerebrospinal fluid
31
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Choroid plexus epithelium

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  • production of CSF
  • maintenance of the blood-CSF barrier
  • share a common derivation with ependymal cells
32
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Where does a seizure localize the lesion to?

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Prosencephalon

33
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What are the steps of neurulation?

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  1. Neural plate (formed from ectoderm)
  2. Neural groove (neuroectoderm)
  3. Neural tube closure
  4. Dehiscence
34
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What is astrocytes role in injury?

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  1. Take up edema fluid (swell)
  2. Hypertrophy –> ↑ processes & GFAP
  3. Proliferation
  4. Glial “scars” – around necrotic foci
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What are Ependymal cells?

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  • lining ventricular system
  • Ciliated –> move CSF
  • Gap junx (Zonulae adherentes)
  • Express Vimentin
36
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What are choroid plexus epithelial cells?

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  • line ventricles
  • Microvilli (few cilia)
  • Secrete CSF
  • Zona occludentes (CSF-Brain Barrier)
  • Express Cytokeratin
37
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What is the pachymeninges?

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Dura Mater

38
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What is the leptomeninges?

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Arachnoid & Pia mater

39
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What are the 1° vesicles of the neural tube?

What do they become?

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  1. Pros-encephalon (forebrain)
    –> Tel-encephalon
    • lateral ventricles & cerebral cortex
    –> Di-encephalon
    • Thalamus /hypothalamus
  2. Mes-encephalon (Midbrain)
    • -> stays Mesencephalon
  3. Rhomb-encephalon (hindbrain)
    –> Met-encephalon
    • Pons /Cerebellum
    –> Myel-encephalon
    • Medulla oblongata
40
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Prosenchephalic anomalies

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  1. Prosencephalic hypoplasia
  2. Holoprosencephaly
  3. Encephaloclastic defects
    • Porencephaly
    • Hydranencephaly

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