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Neurological Flashcards

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What is the regulatory function of serotonin?

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It helps regulate mood, arousal, and cognition.

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What is the regulatory function of norepinephrine?

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Regulates mood, arousal, attention, and cognition.

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What is the regulatory function of dopamine?

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Regulates mood, arousal, cognition, and motor control.

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What is the regulatory function of acetylcholine?

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It regulates sleep, arousal, and attention.

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What neurotransmitters would be low in depression?

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Serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine.

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What neurotransmitter is lacking in anxiety? Which is high?

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Low serotonin
High norepinephrine

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What are concerning symptoms of cognition, behaviour, and mental status?

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Anxiety, excessive worrying
Depressed mood
Memory problems
Medically unexplained symptoms

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What are common comorbid conditions that accompany anxiety?

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Hyperthyroidism, cardiopulmonary disorders, and TBI.

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What are the 12 cranial nerves? Which are motor? Sensory? or Both?

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Olfactory (S)
Optic (S)
Oculomotor (M)
Trochlear (M)
Trigeminal (B)
Abducens (M)
Facial (B)
Vestibulocochlear (S)
Glossopharyngeal (B)
Vagus (B)
Spinal Accessory (M)
Hypoglossal (M)

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What is the corticospinal (pyramidal) tract?

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The corticospinal tract mediates voluntary movement and integrates skilled, complicated, or delicate movements by stimulating selected muscular actions and inhibiting others.

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Does the corticospinal tract synapse on upper or lower motor neurons?

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Low motor neurons

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Damage to the corticospinal tract causes ____________.

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Weakness

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What does the basal ganglia system do?

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This complex system helps maintain normal muscle tone and control body movements, especially gross motor movements such as walking.

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What does damage to the basal ganglia system cause?

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Damage to the basal ganglia system can cause rigidity, slowness of movement (bradykinesia), involuntary movements, and/or disturbances in posture and gait.

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What does the cerebellar system do?

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The cerebellum receives both sensory and motor input and coordinates motor activity, maintains equilibrium, helps control posture and coordinates eye movements and speech.

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What does damage to the cerebellar system caues?

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Impaired coordination (ataxia), gait, equilibrium, decreased muscle tone, nystagmus or dysarthria.

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When upper motor neurons are damaged ABOVE their crossover in the medulla, where does motor impairment develop, on the contralateral or ipsilateral side?

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Contralateral (opposite) side.

18
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When motor neuron damage occurs BELOW the crossover in the medulla where does motor impairment occur, on the contralateral or ipsilateral side?

A

Ipsilateral (same)

19
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Sharpe, burning, or shooting foot pain develops in SMALL or LARGE fiber neuropathy?

A

Small fiber neuropathy.

20
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Does numbness, tingling, or no sensation at all occur is SMALL or LARGE fiber neuropathy?

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Large fiber neuropathy.

21
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What are some concerning neurological symptoms?

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Headache, dizziness or lightheadedness, weakness, numbness or abnormal or absent sensation, syncope or near syncope, seizures, and tremors or involuntary movements.

22
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What causes a severe “worst headache of my life” with instantaneous onset, also referred to as a “thunderclap headache”?

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Subarachnoid hemorrhage

23
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Severe and sudden onset headache with neck stiffness may indicate _______?

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Meningitis.

24
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A new and persisting, progressively severe and dull headache increased by coughing and sneezing that is reoccurring in the same location is concerning of what?

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Mass lesions or brain tumour.

25
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True or False
A stroke can present as an atypical presentation of a patient’s usual migraine, especially in women using contraceptives.

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True.

26
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What type of headaches are episodic, peak over several hours and often are preceded by aura or prodrome?

A

Migraine.

27
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What is POUND?

A

Migraine are likely if 3 of 5 POUND features are present.

Pulsatile
One day duration
Unilateral
Nausea
Disabling

28
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What are fortifications?

A

Zig-zag arc of light.

29
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What are scotomas?

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Visual loss with normal vision.

30
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What is spark photopsia?

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Flashes of light.

31
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What type of headache is episodic, peak over several hours, and are in the temporal area?

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Tension headache.

32
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What is the most common type of headache?

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Tension headache.

33
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What is dysarthria?

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Difficulty forming words.

34
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Dizziness or light headedness that is accompanied by diplopia (double vision), dysarthria (difficulty forming words), or ataxia (problems with gait/balance) is suspicious for _______________?

A

Vertebrobasilar TIA or stroke.

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