Week 2 Flashcards
0
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Two organisms that cause brain abscesses in immunocompetent host
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Staph
Strep
1
Q
Complications of bacterial meningitis
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Brain infarcts, phlebitis, secondary vasculitis
2
Q
What are the following cell markers associated with: Amyloid-B Tau Alpha-synuclein Polyglutamine
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Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s & Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Parkinson’s
Huntington’s
3
Q
Only neurodegenerative disease that is autosomal dominant
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Huntington’s
4
Q
Something that differentiates stage I from stage II Alzheimer’s
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Acalculia in stage 2
5
Q
What happens in stage III of Alzheimer’s?
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severely impaired intellectual functions, loss of sphincter control, limb rigidity and flexion posture
6
Q
Genes associated with Alzheimer’s
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APP (no linkage to late onset)
PSEN1 most common familiar mutation
APOE genetic risk factor for late onset
