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Free nerve endings
C: slow, unmeylinated fibers
A delta: fast, meylinated fibers

All skin, epidermis, some viscera

Pain and temperature
Meissner's corpuscles
Large, myelinated fibers

Glabrous (hairless) skin

Position sense, dynamic fine touch, adapt quickly
Pancinian corpuscles
Large, myelinated fibers

Deep skin layers, ligaments and joints

Vibration, pressure
Merkel's disks
Large, myelinated fibers

Hair follicles

Position sense, static touch, adapt slowly
NE
Location of synthesis: locus ceruleus, reticular formation, solitary tract

Dz: inc in anxiety, dec in depression, inc mania
Dopamine
Location of synthesis: ventral tegmentum and SNc

Dz: inc in schizo, dec in Parkinson's and depression
5 HT
Location of synthesis: raphe nucleus

Dz: dec in anxiety, depression
ACh
Location of synthesis: basal nucleus of Meynert

Dz: dec in Alzheimers, Huntington's, REM sleep
GABA
Location of synthesis: nucleus accumbens

Precurors: vit B 6 --> glutamate

Dz: dec in anxiety, Huntington's

MAIN inhibitory NT of brain
Considered the master clock for most of our circadian rhythms
Superchiasmic nucleus of hypothalamus
Regulates the parasympathetic NS
Anterior and pre optic nuclei of hypothalamus
Destruction results in hyperthermia
Anterior and pre optic nuclei of hypothalamus
Regulates the sympathetic NS
Posterior and lateral nuclei of hypothalamus
Produces ADH to regulate water balance
Supraoptic area of hypothalamus
Receives input from the retina
Suprachiasmic nucleus of hypothalamus
Savage behavior and obesity result from stimulation
Dorsal medial nucleus of hypothalamus
Savage behavior and obesity resulting from destruction
Ventromedial nucleus of hypothalamus
Stimulation --> eating, destruction --> starvation
Lateral nucleus of hypothalamus
Releases hormones affecting the anterior pituitary
Arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus
Responsible for sweating and cutaneous vasodilation in hot temperatures
Anterior, preoptic (parasympathetic) nuclei of hypothalamus
Responsible for shivering and decreased cutaneous blood flow in the cold
Posterior and lateral (sympathetic) nuclei of hypothalamus
Destruction results in neurogenic diabetes insipidus
Supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus
Destruction results in inability to stay warm
Posterior and lateral nuclei of hypothalamus
Releases hormones affecting the anterior pituitary
Arcuate nucleus of hypothalamus
Regulates the release of gonadotropic hormones (LH and FSH)
preoptic nuelcus of hypothalamus
Claw hand
Ulnar nerve
Ape hand
median nerve
Wrist drop
Radial nerve
Scapular winging
long thoracic
Unable to wipe bottom
thoracodorsal
Loss of forearm pronation
median
Cannot ab or adduct fingers
Ulnar
weak lateral rotation of arm
suprascapaular and axillary
loss of arm and forearm flexion
musculocutaneous
loss of forearm extension
radial
troubling initiating arm abduction
axillary
unable to abduct arm beyond 10 degrees
suprascapular
unable to rise arm above horizontal
spinal accessory, long thoracic
Dorsal scapular nerve runs with
dorsal scapular nerve
lateral thoracic artery runs with
long thoracic nerve
posterior circumflex artery runs with
axillary nerve
supracapular artery runs with
suprascapular nerve
thoracodorsal artery runs with
thoracodorsal nerve
deep brachial artery runs with
radial nerve
ulnar artery runs with
ulnar nerve
brachial artery runs with
median nerve
anterior interosseus artery runs with
anterior interosseus nerve
posterior interosseus artery runs with
deep branch radial nerve
shaft of humerus fracture
radial nerve
surgical neck of the humerus fracture
axillary nerve
supracondyle of humerus
median nerve
medial epicondyle
ulnar nerve
anterior shoulder dislocation
axillary nerve
injury to carpal tunnel
median nerve
DOC for partial and tonic clonic seziures
Phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproic acid
DOC for absence seizures
ethosuximide and valproic acid
Tx of status epilepticus
benzos
Common side effects of epilepsy drugs
diplopia, sedation, ataxia, nystagmus, dizziness
SE of phenytoin
induces CYP 450
gingival hyperplasia
lupus like syndrome
fetal hydantoin syndrome
hirsuitism
steven johnson's
Hepatoxic antieleptics
valproic acid, carbamazepine
Antieleptic that blocks Na+ channels
Carbamazepine, phenytoin, lamotrigine, topiramate, valproic acid
Antieleptics that work by potentiating effects of GABA inhibition
Phenobarbital, benzos, valproic acid, gabapentin, topiramate, tragabine, vigabatrin, levetiracetam