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Separates frontal from parietal lobe
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Central sulcus
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Location of primary motor cortex (gyrus)
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precentral gyrus
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Primary motor cortex is what BA?
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BA 4
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primary somatosensory cortex is in what gyrus
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postcentral gyrus
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primary somatosensory cortex in what BA?
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BA 3,1,2
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Primary auditory cortex located where?
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Transverse temporal gyrus of Heschel
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Primary auditory cortex is what BA?
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BA 41
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Hearing info from one ear is transmitted to what sides of brain?
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Bilaterally
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Primary visual cortex located where?
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banks of calcarine sulcus
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Primary visual cortex is what BA?
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BA 17
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What BA's are supplementary motor areas?
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BA 6, 8
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Aphasia caused by leson in posterior superior temporal gyrus of a dominant hemisphere.
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Wernicke's Aphasia
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Language comprehension is what area (name)? BA?
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Wernicke's Area
BA 22 |
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Term for speech dysfunction
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dysarthria
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term for language dysfunction
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aphasia
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Caused by lesion in the arcuate fasciculus
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Conduction aphasia
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Transmits language info from Wernike's to Broca's
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Arcuate Fasciculus
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Aphasia caused by lesion in the inferior frontal gyrus in dominant hemi.
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Broca's Aphasia
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Broca's BA?
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BA 44, 45
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Combination of all 3 aphasias is called?
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Global aphasia
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Pt with left hemineglect and anosognosia. Where is lesion?
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Right parietal cortex (stroke)
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Term for patient being unaware of a deficit
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Anisognosia
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Area of cortex that is "very important" in psych
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Prefrontal cortex
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Prefrontal cortex is what BA's?
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BA's 9, 10, 11
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Lesions here cause apathetic and lifeless behavior
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Dorsolateral convexity of prefrontal cortex
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Lesions here cause impulsive, disinhibited behavior and poor judgement
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Orbitofrontal (prefrontal cortex)
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Collection of structures, primary in temporal lobe, involved with learning, emotions, and memory.
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Limbic System
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Limbic system nucleus in the medial temporal lobe
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Amygdala
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Bilateral lesion of amygdala causes what disease?
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Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
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MCC of bilat. amygdala lesion?
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Herpes Simplex encephalitis (targets temporal lobe)
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15yo pt brought to office by parents w c/o:
overindulgence in sex oral exploration. inc appetite listless personality recent herpes simplex Dx? |
Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
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Limbic structure important in neurobio of memory
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Hippocampus
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Median temporal lobe structure that resembles a seahorse
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Hippocampus
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name for limbic system connective circuit
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Papez Circuit
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Damage to papez circuit causes
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loss of memory
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Give Papez Circuit
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1. Cortex
2. Entohinal Cortex 3. Hippocampus 4. Mamillary bodies 5. Ant. Nucleus of Thalamus 6. Cingulate Gyrus 7. Hippocampus 8. Cortex (remembered) |
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Part of papez circuit involved in alzheimer's
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Entohinal cortex
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Damage to neurons in Mammillary bodies due to what disease (name)? (Cause?)
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Wernicke's Encephalopathy (thiamine (B1) deficiency in alcoholics = neuron damage)
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Pt falls off bar stool. hx of EtOH. Nystagmus, abnl EOM (ophthalmoplegia), confusion, ataxia. Dx?
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Wernicke's Encephalopathy
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Tx for Wernicke's encephalopathy?
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IV Thiamine
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Survivors of Wernicke's Encephalopathy will have what sx? What is name of this condition?
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Dec memory. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
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Neurobiology of what NT is important in schizophrenia?
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Dopamine
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dopamine synthesized from what AA?
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Tyrosine
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Stimulus for release of Dopamine?
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AP opens Ca++ channel, Ca++ influx causes vesicle to move and fuse with membrane
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What type of postsynaptic dopamine receptors is blocked by schizophrenia drugs?
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D2 receptors
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Organized system of dopaminergic neurons starts where?
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Ventral Tegmental Area in the Midbrain
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VTA axons go where? What pathway?
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Limbic system. Mesolimbic pathway
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main pathway for neurobio of schizophrenia
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Mesolimbic pathway
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Dopaminergic pathway to cortex?
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mesocortical pathway
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Pathway that starts in substantia nigra and goes to basal ganglia to stratum. Important in Parkinson's
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Nigrastratum???
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Pathway to pituitary through infundibulum. Blocks effect of dopamine on PRL. Starts in Tuber (sp?)
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Tuberoinfundibular pathway
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Important in addiction psych.
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Nucleus Accumbens
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Main metabolite of dopamine
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Homovanillic acid (HVA)
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NT important in alzheimer's dz
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ACh
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main origin of ACh pathways
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Basal Nucleus of Meynert
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Alzheimer's drugs?
Mech? |
Aricept and Patch(???)
Inc [ACh] in synapse by dec breakdown of ACh |
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Cause of MG?
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autoantibodies targetting nicotinic receptor at neuromuscular junction or CNS
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NT important in mood disorders and anxiety
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NE
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Organ that converts NE to Epi
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Adrenal medulla
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disease that can't convert NE to epi due to lack of enzyme
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Pheochromocytoma
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NE action is terminated by what mechanism
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reuptake
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Drugs that block NE reuptake
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TCA's
Cocaine |
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Enzyme found in outer mitochondrial membrane
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MAO
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Effect of MAO on NT's?
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MAO degrades NT's (NE, Epi, Dopamine)
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MAO inhibitors used to tx?
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Parkinson's, etc ???
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Main origin of NE fibers?
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Locus Ceruleus (midbrain)
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NT for depression, OCD
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Serotonin (5-HT)
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Medications for depression, OCD. Block reuptake of 5HT
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SSRI's (prozac, zoloft, etc)
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Main nuclei for Serotonin
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Raphe' Nuclei
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Main inhibitory NT
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GABA
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Main excitatory NT
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Glutamate
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Tx for anxiety, seizures, sedation of ventilated pt's. Interacts with GABA receptor
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Benzodiazapines (Diazepam, Valium)
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GABA Sleeping Pill
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Zolpidem
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GABA drugs for seizures...
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Barbituates
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Biosynthesis of glutamate occurs in what cells?
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Glutamate
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Main glutamate receptor type?
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NMDA
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NMDA blockers used in tx of what diseases?
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Alzheimer's, substance abuse
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Sedative NMDA Blocker
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Ketamine
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major psychiatric diagnosis requires...
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significant impairment in functioning
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Always rule out...
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drug abuse
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criteria for hospitalization
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Any one:
Danger to self Danger to others Unable to provide food, clothing, shelter |
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What are indicators of an unfavorable prognosis?
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Long onset of sx
Poor insight Low premorbid function |
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Which main disease in psych has main genetic component?
#2? |
Bipolar Depression (manic depressive)
#2: Alcoholsim |