EPPP - NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS/PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ||ALREADY GRADED A+||NEWEST VERSION

EPPP - NEUROLOGICAL
DISORDERS/PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ||ALREADY
GRADED A+||NEWEST VERSION
Quiz: Parkinson's

Ans: impaired balance/coordination,

tremor, muscle rigidity,

bradykinesia (slow movement),

akinesia (absence/reduction of spontaneous movement)

pill rolling, mask like face



Quiz: Parkinson's and Depression

Ans: 20% depression precedes motor sx

50% depression some time during



Quiz: Parkinson's factors

Ans: degeneration of Dopamine in Substantia Nigra,

L-DOPA helps in early sx by increasing dopamine levels



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, Quiz: Huntington's

Ans: affective, cognitive and motor sx's

decrease in GABA in Basal ganglia and cortex

need 1 parent (dominant)



Quiz: Huntington's first sx

Ans: depression, apathy, irritability

--> cognitive deterioration: forgetfulness, exec function deficits (planning,
attention)

fidgeting, clumsiness



Quiz: Huntington's later

Ans: Chorea (jerky movement, first facial grimacing, piano playing)

Athetosis (slow writhing movement) becomes prominent



Quiz: Huntington's risk to child

Ans: 50%



Quiz: Seizure Disorders DX
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, Ans: Dx: med hx, EEG, MRI/CT to determine cause/structural problem



Quiz: Generalized Seizure

Ans: both hemispheres, loss of consciousness

tonic/clonic (grand mal) & Absence (petit mal)



Quiz: tonic/clonic seizure

Ans: generalized, (grand mal) LOSS of consciousness, fatigue,
confusion/amnesia



Quiz: Absence (petit mal) Seizure

Ans: Generalized; LOSS of consciousness, NO motor sx, VERY brief, slight
twitching, staring, fluttering eyelids



Quiz: Partial Seizures

Ans: begin on 1 side and may spread to both

- simple & complex



Quiz: simple partial Seizure
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