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1
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What type of headache presents as a unilateral throbbing pain?

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Migraine

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Which type of migraine begins with an aura?

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Classic migraine

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Which type of migraine begins with no aura?

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Common migraine

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Peripheral vision occurs where?

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Anterior occipital lobe

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Central vision occurs where?

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Posterior occipital lobe

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T/F: Parkinson’s is due to low levels of dopamine

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True

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7
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A loss of dopamine may result in an excess of what neurotransmitter?

(Parkinson’s)

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AcH

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8
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Meds for treating Parkinson’s would act how on which neurotransmitters?

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Increase dopamine or block effects of AcH

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Hypherphagia

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Excessive hunger and eating

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Adipsia

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Complete cessation of drinking

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Aphasia

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Deficit in ability to use or comprehend language

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What is the most common anticholinergic side effect?

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Blurred vision

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13
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T/F: The effectiveness of thermal biofeedback as a treatment for migraine headaches is more effective than relaxation therapy?

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True

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What are the earliest symptoms of Huntington’s Disease?

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Affective changes (irritability, depression)

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15
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Which neurotransmitter is most directly related to muscle movement?

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AcH

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16
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Broca’s is to expressive as Wernicke’s is to?

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Receptive

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17
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Alexia

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Impaired reading

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Apraxia

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Trouble executing purposeful movement

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19
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Agnosia

- 2 types

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Can’t recognize familiar objects

2 types: visual and tactile

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Anosognosia

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Inability or unwillingness to recognize one’s own functional impairment

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21
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Rods

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Brightness

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Cones

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Color

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23
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Traditional antipsychotics primarily treat what symptoms?

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Positive sxs

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24
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Externality hypothesis

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Obese people overeat because they are more sensitive to external cues than internal cues

Ex. Lighting at restaurant > food tasting good

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25
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Kluver-Bucy syndrome is the result of damage to what area of the brain?

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Amygdala

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26
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Selye’s General Adaptation Syndrome

(3 phases)

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Alarm, resistance, exhaustion

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Lazarus’ 3 phases of cognitive appraisal

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  1. Primary (Stressful event)
  2. Secondary (How will I cope?)
  3. Reappraisal (Monitoring/adjusting)
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28
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Damage to right hemisphere

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Indifference or exaggerated jocularity

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29
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Damage to left hemisphere

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Depression

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30
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What theory of emotion proposes that all emotions will elicit a similar response?

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Cannon-Bard

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31
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Schachter & Singer’s Theory of Emotion

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Physical reaction > attribution

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32
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Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

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Physiological arousal and emotion happen at the same time

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James Lange Theory of Emotion

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Physical sxs > emotion

Ex. You hear growling bear > heart begins to race > you are afraid

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34
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Clozapine (class)

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Atypical antipsychotic

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35
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Amitriptyline (class)

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TCA

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36
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Fluoxetine (class)

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SSRI

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37
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Sertraline (class)

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SSRI

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38
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Paroxetine (class)

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SSRI

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39
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Difference between primary and complex emotions

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Complex emotions involve self-awareness

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40
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Atomoxetine

  • class
  • treats what?
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NRI (non-stimulant med)

Treats ADHD

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41
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Medial temporal area damage impact what?

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Long-term memory

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42
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Conduction aphasia is due to damage where?

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The nerve fibers connecting Broca’s to Wernicke’s

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43
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Conduction aphasia impacts what?

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Repeating what is heard

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44
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Probability of a parent passing Huntington’s on to a child

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50% chance

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45
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Parkinson’s = degeneration of neurons where?

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Substantia nigra

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46
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What meds can be used to treat the tremors associated with lithium?

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Beta blockers

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47
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Prosopagnosia

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Can’t recognize familiar faces

48
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Symptoms of tyramine-induced hypertensive crisis

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Headache, stiff neck, sweating, nausea/vomiting

49
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If a left hemisphere language dominant split-brain patient views something in her left visual field she will be…

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Unable to say what she saw but point to it with her left hand

50
Q

4 functions of hypothalamus

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Fight, flight, feed, fornicate

51
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Antagonist

A

Blocks or reduced effect of neurotransmitter

52
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What part of the brain mediates aggressive responses?

A

Hypothalamus

53
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Lesions in the medial hypothalamus have been associated with what?

A

Rage & aggression

54
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What is the “satisfaction center” that mediates the feelings of satisfaction after eating and sex?

A

Cingulate gyrus

55
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Hydrocephalus is associated with which structures?

A

Ventricles

56
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Inverse agonist

A

Produces opposite effect of neurotransmitter

57
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Agonist

A

Produced similar effect of neurotransmitter

58
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The brain part or system that manages the circadian rhythm is located where?

A

SCN within the hypothalamus

59
Q

The cingulate cortex plays a role in what behaviors?

A

Emotion and motivation

60
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T/F: Testosterone increases sex drive in males only

A

False - it increases sex drive in males and females

61
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Gerstmann’s syndrome is the result of lesions where?

A

Parietal lobe

62
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Simultanagnosia

A

Can’t recognize 2+ things at same time

63
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Depression and chronic pain are both associated with which neurotransmitter?

A

Norepinephrine

64
Q

Huntington’s Disease is associated with low levels of which neurotransmitter?

65
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Starvation in anorexia may be precipitated by high levels of which neurotransmitter?

66
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TCAs primarily treat what type of depressive symptoms?

A

Vegetative

67
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What is an endogenous opiate?

-example

A

Produced inside the body

Ex. Endorphins

68
Q

What side of the brain controls language?

69
Q

How does hydrocephalus occur?

A

When the flow through the ventricles is blocked > produces pressure which caused brain damage and mental retardation

70
Q

In most patients, the earliest signs of Huntington’s are?

A

Depression and forgetfulness

71
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Which antidepressant is associated with the treatment of ADHD, enuresis, and decreasing the desire to binge and purge?

A

Imipramine

72
Q

What imagine technique is most frequently used to detect brain damage in the early stages in the ER?

73
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Paresis

A

Partial paralysis

74
Q

An overactive caudate nucleus has been linked to?

75
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Atrophy of the caudate nucleus has been linked to?

A

Huntington’s

76
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What type of medications are often used to control Tourette’s Disorder by impacting the dopamine level?

A

Antipsychotics

Ex. Haloperidol

77
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T/F: Left-handers general exhibit milder aphasia

78
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Principle of Equipotentiality

(Lashley)

A

If certain parts of the correct are damaged, other parts may take over the functions of the damaged parts

79
Q

Benzos are _______ agonists.

80
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Right-left confusion is a characteristic of damage to the?

A

Parietal lobe

81
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Most research has linked Alzheimer’s to damage in what area of the brain?

A

Temporal lobe

82
Q

Damage to the orbitofrontal cortex will most likely result in?

A

Altered emotions

Think when I got hit by Harper here I cried

83
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What is considered the emotional core of the brain?

A

The limbic system

84
Q

Converting from antibody negative to antibody positive

A

Seroconversion

85
Q

Paraplegia

A

Paralysis of lower limbs

86
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Quadriplegia

A

Paralysis of all 4 limbs

87
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Hemiplegia

A

Paralysis of one side of body

88
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Which brand of the nervous system includes your sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system?

89
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Acetylcholine is most associated with what?

A

Voluntary movement

Learning & memory

90
Q

Which neurotransmitters are considered catecholamines?

A

Norepinephrine, epinephrine, dopamine

91
Q

Which neurotransmitter is involved in long-term potentiation (LTP)?

92
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Main inhibitory neurotransmitter

93
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Main excitatory neurotransmitter

94
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The basal ganglia is to movement as the limbic system is to ______.

95
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Which part of the brain is considered the relay station for sensory information?

96
Q

Broca’s area is located where?

A

Frontal lobe

97
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Wernicke’s area is located where?

A

Temporal lobe

98
Q

Beta waves

A

Alert, awake

99
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Alpha waves

A

Awake but relaxed

100
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Theta waves

A

Light sleep

Between being awake and being asleep - falling asleep watching TV in evenings

101
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Delta

A

Deep sleep

102
Q

What % of newborn sleep is REM?

103
Q

As we age, which stages of sleep decrease?

A

Stages 3-4

104
Q

Does REM sleep increase or decrease as we age?

105
Q

REM rebound may occur when the use of __________ is discontinued.

106
Q

What is the leading risk factor for a stroke?

A

Hypertension

107
Q

Bradykinesia

A

Slow voluntary movement, blank face

Parkinson’s

108
Q

Athetosis and Chorea are associated with what disease?

A

Huntington’s

109
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What is athetosis?

A

Slow, writhing movements

Huntington’s

110
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What is chorea?

A

Involuntary rapid, jerky movements

Huntington’s

111
Q

What % of individuals with Parkinson’s experience depression?

112
Q

Loss of declarative memory is associated with?

A

Alzheimer’s

113
Q

Complex partial seizures are known to originate where?

A

Temporal lobe

114
Q

Absence seizures are believed to originate where?

115
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Absent seizures are also known as what?

116
Q

Complex partial seizures - formerly called?

A

Temporal lobe epilepsy

117
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Degree of impulsivity seen in ADHD may be associated with what in terms of brain anatomy?

A

Size of the caudate nucleus

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