Physio Flashcards

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SSRIs

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Fluoxetine- Prozac
Setraline - Zoloft
Paroxetine - Paxil
Fluboxamine-

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Haloperidol and Tourette’s

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Often results in severe side effects for pt with Tourette’s

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Alzheimer’s vs vascular dementia

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Primary distinction is an erratic, stepwise deterioration in vascular dementia as opposed to Alzheimer’s

Both have short and long term impairments.

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Alzheimer’s

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Linked to neurotransmitter abnormalities.

In early stages ACh aka cholinergic plays the biggest role

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Puberty

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Onset when cells in the hypothalamus secrete gonadotropin releasing hormones which stimulates production of gonadotropic hormones by the pituitary gland which then stimulate the gonads to release sex hormones

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Left right disorientation

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Most commonly caused by lesion in left angular gurus in the boundary between parietal and temporal lobes

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