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26 y.o. w/HA and R-hand clumsiness for weeks. Exam shows difficulty w/rapid alternating
movements of hand, overt intention tremor on finger-to-nose, and mildly dysmetric finger tamping.
CNS intact and no papilledema. Where will damage show on MRI? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Cerebellum
Mesolimbic DA pathway includes which structure? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ventral striatum
In addiction, dopaminergic neurons project to nucleus accumbens. Cell bodies of these neurons
reside in which area of brain? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ventral tegmental area
Neural plasticity largely mediated through the capacity to rapidly change in number and
morphology which fo the following? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Dendritic spines
The uncinated fasciculus connects which of the following brain areas? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Anterior
temporal and ventral pre-frontal regions
What are cortical columns? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Functional units for information processing
Abnormal emotional expressions such as pathological laughter or crying caused by lesions affecting
cortical- subcortical circuits linking frontal cortex, pons and what? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Cerebellum
Exposure to light effects which brain structure? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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PRITE Neuroscience Questions with Detailed Verified
Answers
26 y.o. w/HA and R-hand clumsiness for weeks. Exam shows difficulty w/rapid alternating
movements of hand, overt intention tremor on finger-to-nose, and mildly dysmetric finger tamping.
CNS intact and no papilledema. Where will damage show on MRI? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Cerebellum
Mesolimbic DA pathway includes which structure? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ventral striatum
In addiction, dopaminergic neurons project to nucleus accumbens. Cell bodies of these neurons
reside in which area of brain? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Ventral tegmental area
Neural plasticity largely mediated through the capacity to rapidly change in number and
morphology which fo the following? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Dendritic spines
The uncinated fasciculus connects which of the following brain areas? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Anterior
temporal and ventral pre-frontal regions
What are cortical columns? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Functional units for information processing
Abnormal emotional expressions such as pathological laughter or crying caused by lesions affecting
cortical- subcortical circuits linking frontal cortex, pons and what? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Cerebellum
Exposure to light effects which brain structure? Ans: ✓ ✓ ✓ Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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