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13 Cards in this Set
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What is the transition zone between the neocortex and the hippocampal formation?
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Subiculum
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What are the two different gyri of the hippocampal formation?
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Cornu ammonis and dentate gyrus
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What area is most affected by Alzheimer's disease
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Cornu Ammonis
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When do you see Wernicke's Disease
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Chronic alcoholics who fail to absorb thiamine
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What is thiamine important for?
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Important cofactor in the hexose monophosphate shunt and the medial longitudinal fasciculus
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What is the medial longitudinal fasciculus?
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Interconnection between the occulomotor nucleus and the abducens nucleus
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Neurological symptoms of Wernicke's
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Paralysis of abducens nuclei bilaterally, inability to move eyes in a horizontal conjugate gaze, nystagmus, ataxia of gate
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What can Wernicke's be mistaken for?
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Hypoglycemia
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What is Korasokoff's Psychosis?
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Can carry on conversation, might be able to do a short digit-span repetition, have long and short-term memory loss
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What is confabulation?
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Fabrication of detailed, plausible experiences
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What is Kluver-Bucy Syndrome?
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Bilateral damage to the medial temporal lobes
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Symptoms of Kluver-Bucy Syndrome?
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Psychic blindness, cannot carry on conversation, profound dementia
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Common causes of Kluver-Bucy Syndrome
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herpes encephalitis
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