Neuro Review- First Aid- pg 480-485 Flashcards
This is the central area of the retina.
the macula
What is the motor component of CNIII?
- output to ocular muscles
- defect –> ptosis, down and out gaze
- damage caused from vascular disease (ie DM)
What are the histologic/gross findings in Alzheimer’s disease?
- widespread cortical atrophy
- widening of sulci, narrowing of gyri
- decreased ACh
- senile plaques (beta-amyloid)
- neurofibrillary tangles (tau protein)
Dx?
- rapidly progressive (weeks-months) dementia
- startle myoclonus
- spongiform cortex
- prion disease (beta-pleated sheets)
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
What is the Charcot classic triad of MS?
SIN
- s = scanning speech
- I - intention tremor/incontinence/internuclear opthalmoplegia (INO)
- n = nystagmus
Lewy body dementia
- dementia
- visual hallucinations
- parkinsonian features
- alpha-synuclein defect
Dx?
- dementia
- visual hallucinations
- parkinsonian features
- alpha-synuclein defect
Lewy body dementia
normal pupillary light reflex
light enters retina –> CNII signals pretectal nuclei in midbrain –> activate Edigner-Westfall nuclei BILATERALLY –> pupils contract BILATERALLY
Dx?
- separation of neurosensory layer (rods/cones) from outermost layer (pigmented epi) of retina
- causes photoreceptors to degenerate –> vision loss
- due to retinal breaks, diabetic traction, inflammatory effusions
- “like a curtain drawn down”
- surgical emergency!
retinal detachment
CNIII: sensory, motor, or both?
motor
light enters retina –> CNII signals pretectal nuclei in midbrain –> activate Edigner-Westfall nuclei BILATERALLY –> pupils contract BILATERALLY
normal pupillary light reflex
MS spinal tap findings
- increased IgG
- oligoclonial bands
MS MRI findings
- periventricular plaques (oligodendrocyte loss and reactive gliosis)
- destruction of axons
- multiple white matter lesions separated in space and time
What neurons and CNs control miosis (pupillary constriction)?
- Edinger-Westfall nucleus –> ciliary ganglion via CNIII
- short ciliary nerves –> pupillary sphincter muscles
Dx?
- dementia
- aphasia
- parkinsonians
- change in personality
- pick bodies (tau protein)
- frontotemporal atrophy
Pick disease (frontotemporal dementia)