University Of The Rockies Dce - Neuropsychology

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2 early pioneers of neuropsychology

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Benton, Hebb

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Broca was famous for what?

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One of the first to localize speech to the left side of the brain

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Another name for the "limbic lobe"

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Cingulate gyrus

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Term for the perception of pain

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Nonciception

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Function of the Insular lobe

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Pain, addiction, taste

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4 Divisions of the frontal lobes

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Primary motor cortex

Premotor cortex

Prefrontal cortex

Orbiofrontal cortex

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Types of pain (7)

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Neuropathic pain

Phantom Pain

Psychogenic pain

Referred pain

Pain insensitivity

Hyperalgesia

Allodynia

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CNS

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Brain and spinal cord

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Neurogenesis

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Proliferation and migration of neurons from the neural tube to pre-determined locations

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PNS

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Autonomic and Somatic, including cranial and spinal nerves

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Divisions of the Autonomic NS

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Sympathetic / Parasympathetic

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Neural tube

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Embryonic tube that develops into the CNS

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Glial Cells

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Oligodendrytes, mircroglia, astrocytes - provide structural support, waste removal, myelin production

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Spina Bifida

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Congenital developmental disorder chacterized by an opening in the spine

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Anencephaly

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Congenital developmental disorder in which the brain fails to grow due to a failure of the anterior end of the spinal cord to close

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Synaptogenesis

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Developmental process in which synapses are formed

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Broca's area

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Production of speech

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Franz Nissl

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First to discover dyes while staining cell bodies

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Originator of locailization

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Franz Gall

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Walter Freeman

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Lobotomist - recommended orbitofrontal lobotomies for any psycho patient hospitalized for more than two years

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Angiography

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Procedure where a contrast material is introduced into veins that run through the brain to visualize blood flow pathways

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Wernicke

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Discovered fluent aphasia, speech comprehension

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Which imaging best visualizes white matter damage?

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MRI

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Difference between fMRI and MRI

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MRI = structural

fMRI = metabolic / functional

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Do CT scans have high radiation exposure?

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Yes

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Wada technique

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Anesthetizing one hemisphere in order to study hemispheric function

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Descarte

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Dualism

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Does MRI have radiation exposure?

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No

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Another word for spinal tap

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Lumbar puncture

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7 Classes of psychoactive drugs

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Anxiolytics

Opiates

Antipsychotics

Antidepressants

Mood stabilizers

Stimulants

Cognitive Enhacers

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EPS - definition and what it stands for

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Extra Pyramidal Symptoms - unwanted posturings / movements

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Telencephalon / Diencephalon make up the

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Forebrain

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4 structures of the limbic lobe

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Amygdala

Septum

Fornix

Hippocampus

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Heschl's gyrus relates to what brain network?

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Auditory cortex or temporal lobe

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Proprioception

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Perception of the position of the body in external space

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Mammilary bodies are most related to

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Memory

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2 Ventricle Disorders

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Hydrocephalus, normal-pressure hydrocephalus

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Another name for brain stem (2)

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Mesencephalon, hindbrain

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2 division of the PNS

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Skeletal / autonomic

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How many ventricles?

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4

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Region involved in memory

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Basal forebrain

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Another term for midbrain

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mesencephalon

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Sits on top of the optic chaism, part of the hypothalamus

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Supra chiasmatic nucleus

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4 Functions of the RAS

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Regulates cortical activity

Modulates pain

Controls vital autonomic functions

Helps regulate limbic activity

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Planum Temporal

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Speech communication region, larger in the left hemisphere

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3 disorders of the vascular system

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Cerebrovascular accidents

Migraines

Hemorrhage

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Two major arteries, within the neck

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Right and left internal carotid

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Folds of the brain

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Gyri

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Spaces between ridges

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Sulcci

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Six lobes

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Occipital

Frontal

Temporal

Parietal

Insular

Limbic

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Insular lobe

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Pain addiction, gustation

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Frontal lobe

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Planning and movement

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Parietal

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Sensory

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Temporal

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Auditory and language

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Limbic

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Emotion and Memory

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Occipital

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Vision

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Meninges

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Coverings of the brain

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3 Meninges

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Pyro matter

Derma Matter

Arachnoid

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Seizures are most related to what NT

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Aspartate and gultamate

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two chemical senses

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gustation

olfaction

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Agnosia

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Absence of a sense of knowing

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Apraxia

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Inability to perform voluntary movements despite having adequate motor strength and control

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Term for a communication disorder, usually of speech

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Aphasia

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4 parts of the eye

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Retina

Iris

Optic Nerve

Cornea

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Rods

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Black and white

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Cones

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Color

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Function of the cerebellum

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Maintains balance

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Memory for facts

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declarative

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GCS

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Glasgow Coma Scale

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Left caudate

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Implicated in the control of language switching in individuals who are bilingual

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Newly discovered brain region, implicated in language

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Gerschwin's area

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Thalamus means

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"Little brain"

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The ________ ________ is responsible for primary sensory functions, motor coordination and control, and the higher order functions of language and thinking

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Sensory cortex

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Another name for the Island of Reil

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Cingulate Gyrus

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Brodmann area for the anterior cingulate

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Inferior temporal gyrus involved in

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Object recognition

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Oldest part of the brain

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Hindbrain

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Parts of the hiindbrain

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Cerebellum, pons, medulla

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4 parts of the limbic system (gyri)

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hippocampus, cingulate gyrus, dentate gyrus, parahippocampal gyrus

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Pons

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Connect the cerebellum and the medulla oblongata to other regions of the brain

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Substantia Nigra

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Dopamine, Midbrain, connected to the striatum

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Mesolimbic region

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Links the ventral tagmentum to the nucleus accumbens

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2 parts of the reward pathway

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VTA and nucleus accumbens

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Relay station of the brain

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Thalamus

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Another name for swelling of the brain

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Edema

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Dysgeusia

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Distorted sense of taste

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Bleeding between the meninges and skull

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Subdural hemotoma

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Graded tumors

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I to IV, IV being the fastest growing

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3 tests measuring executive functions

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Trails B

WI Card Sort

Category Test

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One of the first neurologists

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Parkinson

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2 forms of TBI

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Open and closed

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Types of impact in brain injury

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Coup and counter-coup

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2 areas of the brain implicated in Alzheimers, and NT

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AcH, basal forebrain, nucleus basalis of meynert

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PKU is a form of

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mental retardation

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Prion disease

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CJD

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EEG wave patterns from slow to fast

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Delta

Theta

Alpha

Beta

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2 basic forms of sleep

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REM and non-REM

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Ictal

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Psychologic state or event, such as a seizure

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FTD

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AKA Pick's disease, Frontotemporal dementia. Characterized by a slow deterioration of behavior, personality, or language. Caused by abnormalities of tau protein in the brain

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IMPACT

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Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing

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3 big neuropsychological disorders in the DSM

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Dementia

Delirium

Amnesia

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Just above the corpus callosum is the

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cingulate gyrus

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Brodmann area for depression

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Motor neuron disease

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ALS

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broca's area corresponds to which brodmann area?

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In what lobe is Broca's area?

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Temporal

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Inability of a patient to recognize an object placed in her hand

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Astereognosis

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Which is anterior to the ________ _________...motor or sensory cortex?

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Lateral fissure, Motor

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Embolic stroke

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A clot travels from elsewhere to the brain

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Hemorrhagic stroke

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Results from a weakened vessel that ruptures and bleeds into the brain

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Transient ischemic event

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Mini-stroke with temporary effects, caused by a temporary blockage in a blood vessel in the brain

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Dysarthria

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A motor speech disorder

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Anosmia

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Inability to perceive odor

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Lobe of the somatosensory cortex?

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Parietal

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Lobe of the motor cortex?

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Frontal

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Anosagnosia

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Being unaware of a defect or illness

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Autotopagnosia

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Inability to identify parts of one's own body

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Facial recognition disorder

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Prosopagnosia

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Endocrine

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Glands that secrete their hormones into the bloodstream

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Sign of damage to the cerebellum

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Incoordination

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Fregoli's

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Belief that different people are actually one person changing his or her appearance

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Agranulocytosis

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Lowered white blood cell count

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Dysmetria

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Incoordination characterized by overshooting or undershooting the intended destination of the hand

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Nystagmus

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Involuntary eye movement

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Akathisia

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Feeling of restlessness usually drug-induced

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Anisicoria

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Unequal pupil size

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Kleine Levin

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Sleep disorder characterized by persistent episodic hypersomnia and cognitive or mood changes

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Capgras

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A familiar person seems to be actually an imposter double

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Earliest and most common symptom of MS

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Loss of visual acuity