PP Clues Neurology Flashcards
What is the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord; oligodendrocytes
What is the peripheral nervous system?
Everything else; Schwann cells
What does the autonomic nervous system do?
Automatic stuff
What is the somatic nervous system
Moving your muscle
What is the parasympathetic
Rest-and-Digest => slows stuff down
How does the parasympathetic system behave?
DUMBBELS”:
Diarrhea
Urination
Miosis “constricts”
Bradycardia
Bronchoconstriction
Erection “point”
Lacrimation Salivation
What is the sympathetic system?
Fight-or-Flight => speeds stuff up
How does the sympathetic system behave
Opposite of Parasympathetics:
Constipation Urinary
retention
Mydriasis “eyes wide with fright”
Tachycardia Bronchodilate
Ejaculation “shoot”
Xerophthalmia (dry eyes)
Xerostomia (dry mouth)
Where is NE synthesized in cns?
Locus coerelues of the pons
globally modulate arousal states and adaptive behavior
what happens to NE in anxiety and depression?
up in anxiety
down in depression
Dopamine in Huntington, parkinson and depression
up in Huntington
down in Parkinson
down in depression
what is serotonin synthesized
pons
Raphe nucleus
part of reticular activating system regulating serotonin
serotonin in Parkinson, anxiety, and depression?
up in parkinson
down in anxiety
down in depression
What nucleus synthesized ach?
Basal nucleus of Meynert
ACh in parkinson
Alzheimer
Huntington
up in parkinson
down in Alzheimer
down in Huntington
what does the forebrain or prosencephalon give rise to?
Telencephalon = Cerebral Hemispheres
Diencephalon=Thalamus
Midbrain or mesencephalon give rise to
midbrain=mesencephalon
hindbrain or rhombencephalon give rise to
mesencephalon =pons and Cerebellum
Myelencephalon=medulla
HTN, Bradycardia and high ICP Triad?
Cushing’s triad
Budd-chiari?
hepatic vein obstruction
Arnold-chiari
foramen magnum obstruction
Anencephaly
Notochord did not make contact w/ brain= only have medulla
Encephalocele
Brain tissue herniation
Dandy walker malformation
no cerebellum, distended 4th/lateral ventricles
Arnold-chiari Malformation
Herniation of cerebellum through foramen magnum
Type I: cerebellar tonsils (asymptomatic)
Type II: cerbellar vermis/ medulla => hydrocephalus, syringomyelia (loss of pain/temp)
s Spina bifida occulta?
Covered by skin w/ tuft of hair
Spina bifida aperta?
Has opening (high AFP)
Meningocele
Sacral pocket w/ meninges in it
Meningomyelocele
Sacral pocket w/ meninges and nerves in it
Open-angle glaucoma?
Overproduction of fluid => painless
ipsilateral dilated pupil, gradual tunnel vision, optic disc cupping
Closed-angle glaucoma?
obstruction of canal of schlemm=>sudden onset, pain, emergency
Watershed areas?
Hippocampus, splenic flexture
CN III, CN IV, CN V(1), CN V (2), and CN VI, and postganglionic sympathetic fibers
What they have in common?
contents of the cavernous sinus?
bug that loves frontal lobe
Rubella
bug that loves temporal lobe
HSV
bug that loves parietal lobe
toxoplasma
bug that loves hippocampus
rabies
bug that loves posterior fossa
TB
bug that loves DCML
Treponema
migraines presentation
Aura, photophobia, numbness and tingling, throbbing HA, nausea
Tension HA presentation
Band-like pain starts in posterior neck, worse as day progresses, sleep disturbance
cluster headaches present
Rhinorrhea, unilateral orbital pain, suicidal, facial flushing, worse w/lying down
temporal arteritis
pain with chewing, blind in one eye
trigeminal neuralgia
sharp, shooting face pain
2 kinds of partial seizures
simple(aware), complex (not aware)
what are the 3 kinds of generalized seizures
Tonic-Clonic “Grand mal”
Absence “Petit mal”
Status Epilepticus
How does an epidural hematoma present?
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Intermittent consciousness, “lucid interval
How does a subdural hematoma present
Biconvex Lens, crossing suture lines
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Headache 4wks after trauma, elderly (loose brain)
subdural hematoma
fragile vessel
How does a subdural hematoma look on CT?
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crescent shape, crosses suture lines, midline shift
subarachnoid hemorrhage presentation
worst headache of my life, h/o berry aneurysm
Astrocytoma
Rosenthal fibers, #1 in kids w/ occipital
Ependymoma
Rosettes, in 4th Ventricle, hydrocephalus
Craniopharyngioma
motor oil biopsy, tooth enamel, rathe’s pouch, ADH problem, bitemporal hemianopsia
glioblastoma multiforme
pseudopalisading, necrosis, worst prognosis, intrapersonal hemorrhage
Meningioma
parasagittal, psammoma bodies, whorling pattern, best prognosis
MC place to metastasize to the brain
lung,
breast,
skin
seen at white grey junction
oligodendroglioma
nodular calcification and fried-egg appearance
pinealoma
loss of upward gaze, loss of circadian rhythms=>precocious puberty
Schwannoma
CN8 tumor, unilateral deafness
Neurofibromatosis
Café au lait spots (hyperpigmentation) => peripheral nerve tumors, axillary freckle
Sturge-Weber?
Port wine stain (big purple spot) on forehead, angioma of retina
Brain: inhibitory NT
GABA: Chloride influx
NT inhibitory for Spinal cord
Glycine: chloride influx
Drug causing chloride influx
Benzo
Barbiturates
Alcohol
Opiates
Affecting glycine
Tetanus
Strychnine
Over stimulation of nerve
Excitotoxicity
Mediates reinforcement of addictive behavior
NMDA Pathway
aspartate
Uses ach for pre and post ganglionic fiber
Depolarize head/neck and belt
Parasympathetic
Has longer preganglion and shorter post ganglionic
Hyper-polarizes thoracolumbar
ACH
Excitatory NT
Glutamate
Aspertate:NMDA
Memantine n Riluzole moa
Block glutamate
Catacholamines excitatory neurotransmitter
Dopamine
Norepinephrine
Epinephrine (Hormone)
Monoamines excitatory NT
Serotonin • Dopamine • Norepinephrine
Sympathetic in the CNS • Parasympathetic in the PNS • Made from tryptophan
Serotonin