David's Weakness

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Sudden onset of stroke symptoms is suggestive of vascular or tumor

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Vascular

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Imbalance, slurred speech and visual disturbances is suggestive of an anterior or posterior cva

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Posterior

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By what factor does diabetes increase risk of stroke

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2

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How much, in grams does the brain use in glucose

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120 g

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Glutamate transporters to astrocytes are primary or secondary active transporters

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Secondary

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What does basillar artery bifurcate into

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Posterior cerebral

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In homunculus where is foot located

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Medial margin

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What is largest cerebral artery and most commonly affected by stroke

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Middle cerebral

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Occlusion of mca leads to...

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Contralatetal paralysis and sensory deficits of lower face, arm. Aphasia of dominant hemisphere and hemianopia of Contralatetal visual field

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Which supplies more medial region of brain, anterior or middle cerebral artery

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Anterior

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Occlusion of anterior cerebral artery leads to...

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Paralysis/sensory deficit to Contralatetal leg and perineum, cognitive, emotional problems, dysphasia

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Occlusion of posterior cerebral artery leads to..

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Contralatetal visual field defects. Hemisensory deficits, can get memory deficit

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How do perforating differ from anterior and middle cerebral arteries

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They are end arteries

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What is trigger for spreading depolarisation

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Potassium and glutamate in extracellular space

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Risk of late reperfusion of cva

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Hemorrhagic conversion

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Where does calcium move to in cva, intra or extra cellular

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Intra

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Forebrain parts and locations

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Front 18

How many layers in allocortex and neocortex

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3 and 6

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Which layer, supragranular or infragranular has intracortical connections

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Supra

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Which numbered layer is the granular layer

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4

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Central sulcus is separation between which two lobes

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Frontal and parietal

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Damage to secondary motor cortex - what sort of signs would you see

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Reflex reactions

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Damage to superior parietal lobule causes deficits in what

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Conscious proprioception Contralatetal

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Damage of dominant and non dominant inferior parietal lobule causes what

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Dominant is language, non is somatosensory disregard

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"What" visual processing stream is dorsal or ventral?

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Ventral

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Damage to brocas area causes what

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Loss of fluency - can't get words out tho knows what to say

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Which region, fore, mid or hindbrain are sounds processed

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Mid

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Language processing goes into brocas or wernickes first

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Wernickes

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Give example of disconnection syndrome

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Front 30

What does superior longitudinal fasciculus connect

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Frontal and occipital

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Inferior longitudinal fasciculus connect what

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Occipital to temporal for visual recognition

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Which association fibres connect wernickes to brocas

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Arcuate fasciculus

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3 primary control areas of movement are

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Spinal cord, brain stem, cerebrum

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Idea of movement originates where

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Prefrontal cortex

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Blood supply of premotor cortex

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Lateral side so middle cerebral

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Blood supply of supplementary motor area

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Medial so anterior cerebral

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Cerebellum functions

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Balance, coordination and motor memory

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Where do 3 cerebellar arteries arise from

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Basillar

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Blood supply to basal ganglia

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Would you expect spasticity or flaccidity after acute pathology to motor pathways (motor cortex, internal capsule)

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Contralatetal flaccid paralysis