Can you name the Block 6 Neuro Associations? by kcwill

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Name the tumor: can affect the optic nerve		Or should I say, 'tumors'
Name the virus: negri bodies
Name the tumor: 1p and 19q co-deleter
Name the virus: ground glass inclusion
Name the fungus: most common fungal infxn of CNS found at autopsy
Name the gene: mutation in neurofibromatosis type 2
Name the syndrome: ataxia & confabulation in an alcoholic
Protein mutation in Friedreich's Ataxia
Name the parasite: MCC adult-onset seizures in Latin America
Name the tumor: Rosenthal fibers
Name the toxin: bilateral liquefactive necrosis of globus pallidus		0
Cholinesterase inhibitor used to treat Alzheimer's		Or memantine, an NMDA blocker
Name the tumor: Verocay body
Anticonvulsant with non-linear elimination: dose carefully!		A 'pharmakokinetic fun fact'
Name the tumor: psammoma bodies		look like archery targets, sort of
Name the etiology: worst headache of my life, gyri & sulci highlighted in CT
Name the myelin disease: globoid cells
Name the tumor: headache when pt tilts their head
Name the pathway: connects hippocampus to hypothalamus & mamillary bodies		0
Part of frontal cortex responsible for 'connectedness'
Braches of MCA that supplies genu, PLIC, basal ganglia
Anticonvulsant that auto-induces its own metabolism
Glutamate release inhibitor used to treat ALS
Name the structure: damage leads to conductive aphasia
Name one input to hippocampus		0
Protein accumulation in Pick's disease		disinhibition
NE-pruducing nucleus that projects onto VTA in reward pathway		VTA feeds to NAcc
Best correlation w/ dementia in Alzheimers: # plaques, or tangles?		who knows if this matters or not
Name the etiology: blunting of grey-white junction on CT		0
name the toxin: hemorrhagic necrosis of putamen, retinal degeneration leading to blindness
Name the structure: damage leads to alexia & agraphia

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Name the virus: Cowdry type A inclusion
Protein accumulation in multiple system atrophy
Name the tumor: Fried egg cells
Name the drug: 'standard' brain tumor treatment		I know, that clue is terrible. Sorry.
Name the disease: large peripheral nerves w/ onion bulbing
Muscle relaxant used to treat malignant hyperthermia
Second line drug for partial epilepsies
Name one output of hippocampus		0
Name the virus: Cowdry type B inclusion		0
Name the disease: deficit in ceruloplasmin
Name the defective enzyme: Krabbe		autosomal recessive
Name the syndrome: opalski cells & Alzheimer type II astrocytes
First-line drug for absence seizures
Name an anticonvulsant that modifies calcium channels
Neurotransmitter lost in Alzheimer's
Anticonvulsant causing acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis & hepatic failure in 1 in 500 kids under 2		find a different drug for young kids
Name the defect: failure of cleavage a/w trisomy 13 & 18
Name the defective enzyme: Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Artery occluded in Wallenberg's syndrome
Name the fungus: soap bubble cysts in parenchyma
Name the syndrome: hyperorality, hypersexuality, disinhibition, docility		bilateral damage of the amygdala
Name the pathway: connects aminergic nuclei (brainstem) to hypothalamus & PFC		0
Lidocaine: amide or ester?		2 I's = amide.
Name the tumor: Antoni A & Antoni B
Name the disease: CAG repeat on chromosome 4
Name the tumor: Butterfly tumor
Name the disease: single ring-enhancing lesion in HIV patient		multiple would be toxo. caused by EBV.
Name the myelin disease: parieto-occipital dymelination & hypoadrenalism		lorenzo's oil.
Protein accumulation: post-encephalitic Parkinsonism		NOT synuclein
Nane the disease: periventricular white matter lesions		0
Name the myelin disease: defect in transporter of lignoceroyl-CoA Ligase

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Name the hemorrhage: midline brainstem 2-2 uncal herniation		A very not good thing
Defective protein in familial ALS
Protein accumulation in Parkinson's		Lewy Bodies
Name the pathway: connects mamillary bodies to anterior thalamus		0
Protein accumulation in Lewy Body Dementia
Name the inheritance pattern: Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Name the disease: dementia, myoclonus, periodic EEG, and rapid disease progression
Name the fungus: tiny yeast forms in macrophages
Name the MRI type: grey matter grey, white matter white
Name the disease: Kayser-Fleischer rings
Part of frontal cortex responsible for restraint & moral judgment
Part of frontal cortex responsible for working memory
Dopaminergic nucleus that projects onto nucleus accumbens in reward pathway
Hormone produced by paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus		pair bonding
Name the disease: multiple ring-enhancing lesions in HIV patient		single would be CNS lymphoma
First line drug for partial epilepsies
Name the inheritance pattern: ALD/AMLD		Males affected, females carriers
Name the disorder: triplet expansion on chromosome 19, impaired muscle relaxation, internal nuclei in muscle biopsy
Three major outputs of hypthalamus. Name one		0
Three major inputs to hypothalamus. Name one		0
Hormone produced by supraoptic nucleus of hypothalamus		water balance
Name the tumor: Homer Wright Rosettes		young kids & young adults
Name the pathway: connects amygdala to hypothalamus & mamillary bodies		0
Name the disease: oligoclonal bands in CSF
Name the (intracranial) tumor: Von Hippel Lindau		the one blastoma that's grade I!
Name the disease: deposits of drusen
Protein accumulations in Alzheimer's
Protein accumulation in progressive supranuclear palsy
Name the tumor: little orphan annie eyes		yes, the reference is dated
Branch of PCA that supplies posteriolateral thalamic nuclei (LGN, MGN, VPL)

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