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Signs of injury to corticospinal tract in spinal cord?

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UMN signs below lesion

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Signs of injury to anterior horn of spinal cord?

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LMN signs at level

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Signs of injury to posterior columns?

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IL loss of discriminitive touch, proprioception and vibration

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Signs of injury to spinothalamic tract?

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CL loss of pain and temperature

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Signs of intramedullary tumor/central cord syndrome?

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sensory loss, sacral sparring of motor function; maybe bowel/bladder disturbances

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Deficits in anterior spinal syndrome?

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UMN signs below lesion, LMN signs at level, loss of pain and temp below lesion, disc touch, proprioception and vibration intact

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Deficits in tabes dorsalis?

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loss of disc touch, proprioception and vibration below lesion, Romberg sign

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Deficits in Brown-Sequard injury?

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IL loss of discriminitive touch, CL loss of pain/temp, UMN signs below lesion, LMN signs at level

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Deficits in Friedreich’s ataxia?

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loss of disc touch, proprioception and vibration below lesion, Romberg sign, ataxia and UMN signs below lesion

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Deficits in subacute combined degenration?

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B12 deficiency; loss of disc touch, proprioception and vibration below lesion, UMN signs below lesion

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Signs of conus medullaris syndrome?

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sudden, bilateral onset; decrease calcaneal reflex, perianal sensory loss, impotence, urinary and fecal incontinence

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Signs of cauda equina syndrome?

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gradual, unilateral onset, calcaneal and patellar reflexes decreased, saddle sensory loss

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Signs of tethered cord syndrome?

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commonly associated with spina bifida, pain, weakness, sexual dysfunction

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Signs of spinal cord transection at C6?

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LMN signs at C6 (brachioradialis), UMN signs below; complete sensory loss below C6

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Signs of spinal cord transection at L4?

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LMN signs at L4 (quads), UMN signs below; complete sensory loss below L4

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Deficits in medial medullary syndrome?

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CL loss of discriminitive rouch, CL UMN signs, tongue deviates to lesion on protrusion (w/ fasciculations)

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Artery involved in medial medullary syndrome?

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alternating branches of anterior spinal artery

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Deficits in lateral medullary syndrome?

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IL loss of pain and temp on face, CL loss of pain and temp on body, dysphagia, hoarseness

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Artery involved in lateral medullary syndrome?

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PICA

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Deficits in medial pontine syndrome?

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CL loss of discriminitive rouch, CL UMN signs, IL CN VI palsy + INO maybe 1 1/2 syndrome

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Artery involved in medial pontine syndrome?

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basilar, paramedian branches

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Deficits in lateral pontine syndrome?

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IL loss of pain and temp on face, CL loss of pain and temp on body, CN VII or V palsy

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Artery involved in lateral pontine syndrome?

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basilar, circumferential branches

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Deficits in Weber syndrome?

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IL CN III palsy, CL UMN sign, CL lower facial paralysis

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Deficits in Benedikt syndrome?

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IL CN III palsy, CL ataxia [superior cerebellar peduncle]

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Deficits in Claude syndrome?

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IL CN III palsy, CL UMN sign, CL lower facial paralysis, CL ataxia

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Arteries involved in midbrain syndromes?

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paramedian branches from PCA

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What signs/symptoms are characteristic of cortical injury?

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aphasia, agnosia, anosognosia, primitive reflexes: grasp, snout, suck, root, magnetic gate, astereognosia, apraxia, contralateral neglect

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Deficits in left inferior division MCA stroke?

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receptive aphasia, CL homonymous hemianopsia

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Deficits in left superior division MCA stroke?

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expressive aphasia, CL UMN signs [face + UL], CL sensory loss [face + UL]

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Deficits in right MCA main stem stroke?

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CL UMN signs [face, UL + LL], CL sensory loss [face, UL + LL]

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Deficits in left PCA stroke?

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CL homonymous hemianopsia with macular sparring

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Deficits in left ACA stroke?

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CL UMN signs [LL], frontal lobe signs

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Deficits in Parinaud syndrome?

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vertical gaze palsy, obstructuve hydrocephalus

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Deficits in anterior choroidal artery stroke?

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CL UMN signs, CL homonymous hemianopsia

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Deficits in lentriculostriate artery hemorrhage?

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CL UMN signs, CL lower facial paralysis, tongue deviates away from lesion

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Strokes that can lead to Horner syndrome?

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lateral medullary, cervical spinal cord

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Blood supply to thalamus?

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posterior cerebral [thalamogeniculate + thalamoperforating]

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Signs of thalamic hemorrhage?

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CL sensory loss, CL homonymous hemianopsia

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Signs of tonsillar herniation?

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respiratory and cardiovascular arrest

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Signs of uncal herniation?

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CN III palsy, UMN signs, papilledema

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Structure injured in contralateral neglect?

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right parietal lobe

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Signs of Gerstman’s syndrome?

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acalulia, left-right confusion, finger agnosia; left parietal lobe

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Structure damaged in alexia without agraphia?

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left splenium of corpus callosum

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Where is Broca’s area? Function?

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left inferior frontal gyrus; expressive speech

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Where is Wernicke’s area? Function?

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left supramarginal, angular, superior temporal gyri; receptive speech

47
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Signs of conduction aphasia?

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normal comprehension and fluent speech; impaired repetition

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Cause of Cushing’s disease?

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ACTH-secreting pituitary adenoma

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Signs of LH or FSH secreting adenoma?

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hypogonadism and infertility

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Signs of prolactin-secreting adenoma?

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amenorrhea in females; hypogonadism in men; galactorrhea, infertility, hair loss, decreased libido, weight gain

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Signs of diabetes insipidus?

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polyuria, polydipsia

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Signs of SIADH?

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concentrated urine with osmolality > 300 mosm/L

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SIADH treated with rapid infusion of hypertonic saline will cause?

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central pontine myelinolysis

54
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Signs of craniopharyngioma?

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visual deficits, diabetes insipidus, adiposity, developmental delay, headaches, papilledema

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Craniopharyngioma derived from?

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remnant of Rathke’s pouch

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Bladder problems in cortical lesions (paracentral lobule)?

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uninhibited, spastic bladder

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Bladder problems in brainstem/high spinal cord injury?

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flaccid paralysis that becomes spastic [urge incontinence, hyperactive, empties too frequently]

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Bladder problems in sacral spinal cord injury?

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overflow incontinence

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Disturbances of erection/ejaculation with spinal cord injury (above T12)?

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loss of psychogenic erections, reflex erections intact; only reflex ejaculation

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Disturbances of erection/ejaculation with sacral spinal cord injury?

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loss of reflex erection, psycogenic may be preserved; ejaculation abolished

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Signs of Horner syndrome?

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constricted pupil, ptosis, red face, anhydrosis

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Site of injury in pt. with miosis, ptosis and CN VI palsy?

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cavernous sinus - ICA aneurysm (sympathetics follow the ICA and CN VI is riding on ICA)

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Why no red face/anhysrosis in previous pt?

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external carotid nerve is intact

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Components of the limbic system?

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parahippocampal gyrus, uncus, hippocampus, amygdala

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Structures in the Papez circuit?

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hippocampus, mamillary body (via fornix), ant nuc of thalamus, cingulate cortex

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Function of hippocampus?

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consolidation of short term memory

67
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Part of hippocampus most vulnerable to seizure activity?

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Part of hippocampus most susceptable to anoxia?

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Structure affected in Korsakoff syndrome?

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mammillary bodies, dorsomedial thalamus

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Signs of Korsakoff syndrome?

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amnesia, confabulation with short term memory intact

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Metabolic deficency in Korsakoff syndrome?

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Signs of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome?

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ophthalmoplegia, ataxia and disturbances of mentation and consciousness

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Signs of injury in akinetic mutism?

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immobile, mute and unresponsive but awake; bulateral lesion of cingulate gyrus

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Signs of Kluvy-Bucy syndrome?

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placid, visual agnosia, hyperorality

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Brain region injured in Kluver-Bucy syndrome?

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bilateral temporal lobe

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