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exam COMPLETE (2025) (Latest Update 2025) UPDATE!!
1. What activation is useful for detecting absence Hyperventilation
seizures?
2. What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic sleep activation
epilepsy?
3. Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cor- Anterior Cerebral Artery
tex of frontal/parietal lobes?
4. Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von CN VIII (Vestibulo-
Recklinhausen's? cochlear)
5. What drug treats infantile spasms? ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic
hormone)
6. ________ _________ in infants shows REM, irregular Active Sleep
breathing, smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, de-
creased tonic
7. ______ _________ is low voltage irregular theta and delta Activite Moyenne
waves, 34-37 weeks
8. What pattern would you expect after a CVA? PLED's
9. Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a frontal; contralateral
__________ focus
10. What does the body do during an adversive seizure? Neck rotation and con-
jugate gaze deviation in
direction contralateral to
epileptic focus
11. parietal
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Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant
__________ lobe
12. ___________ syndrome occurs in females.absence/age- Aicardi
nesis of corpus callosum. Infantile spasms early onset.
Often asymmetric, diffuse EEG w/ suppression bursts
and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
13. What EEG changes might you see with alcohol with- EEG normal 90% time,
drawal? with increased photo-
myoclonic reactivity. Mi-
nor theta/beta anomalies
possible
14. What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's? voltage/alpha diminish,
theta then delta intrude
w/ sharps, asymmetries
may develop, less sleep
signs
15. Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are unre- amoxycillin
sponsive to AED's?
16. What is the unit of current? Ampere
17. Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and olfactory; gustatory
________ hallucinations
18. ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to generalized slowing (hy-
breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________ poxia)
19. _________ is x-ray with contrast media angiography
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20. __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of anterograde
time following accident
21. Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the increased theta/beta
EEG at the therapeutic levels?
22. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol), Antipsychotic drugs
clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of
what kind of drug?
23. ________ is the inability to perform purposeful move- apraxia
ment though no muscular or sensory disturbance is
present
24. Where is the aqueduct of sylvius located? between the third to
fourth ventricle
25. Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area? Area 6
26. Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area Area 17
(most forms walls of deep calcarine sulcus)?
27. Which two Brodmann's area is the visual association Area 18 and Area 19
areas?
28. Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area? Area 41
29. __________ is a congenital anomaly when the hindbrain Arnold-Chiari
is displaced through the foramen magnum.
30. ___________ is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist aterixis
extended, resembling bird flapping wings
31. ataxia
exam COMPLETE (2025) (Latest Update 2025) UPDATE!!
1. What activation is useful for detecting absence Hyperventilation
seizures?
2. What activation is useful for detecting benign rolandic sleep activation
epilepsy?
3. Which artery supplies the frontal pole and mesial cor- Anterior Cerebral Artery
tex of frontal/parietal lobes?
4. Which nerve is affected with neurofibromatosis/Von CN VIII (Vestibulo-
Recklinhausen's? cochlear)
5. What drug treats infantile spasms? ACTH (Adrenocorticotropic
hormone)
6. ________ _________ in infants shows REM, irregular Active Sleep
breathing, smile, grimace, sucking, brief apnea, de-
creased tonic
7. ______ _________ is low voltage irregular theta and delta Activite Moyenne
waves, 34-37 weeks
8. What pattern would you expect after a CVA? PLED's
9. Adversive seizures are from the ________ lobe with a frontal; contralateral
__________ focus
10. What does the body do during an adversive seizure? Neck rotation and con-
jugate gaze deviation in
direction contralateral to
epileptic focus
11. parietal
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exam COMPLETE (2025) (Latest Update 2025) UPDATE!!
Agraphia occurs from damage to the dominant
__________ lobe
12. ___________ syndrome occurs in females.absence/age- Aicardi
nesis of corpus callosum. Infantile spasms early onset.
Often asymmetric, diffuse EEG w/ suppression bursts
and/or atypical hypsarrhythmia.
13. What EEG changes might you see with alcohol with- EEG normal 90% time,
drawal? with increased photo-
myoclonic reactivity. Mi-
nor theta/beta anomalies
possible
14. What EEG changes would you see w/ Alzheimer's? voltage/alpha diminish,
theta then delta intrude
w/ sharps, asymmetries
may develop, less sleep
signs
15. Which anti-biotic can cause seizures which are unre- amoxycillin
sponsive to AED's?
16. What is the unit of current? Ampere
17. Amygdalar temp lobe sz can have ___________ and olfactory; gustatory
________ hallucinations
18. ALS has normal EEG until weakness makes it harder to generalized slowing (hy-
breathe, so the EEG then has ______ ________ poxia)
19. _________ is x-ray with contrast media angiography
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exam COMPLETE (2025) (Latest Update 2025) UPDATE!!
20. __________ amnesia is loss of memory for periods of anterograde
time following accident
21. Antihistamines commonly cause what changes in the increased theta/beta
EEG at the therapeutic levels?
22. Chlorpromazine (Thorazine), haloperidol (haldol), Antipsychotic drugs
clozapine (clozaril), and risperidone are examples of
what kind of drug?
23. ________ is the inability to perform purposeful move- apraxia
ment though no muscular or sensory disturbance is
present
24. Where is the aqueduct of sylvius located? between the third to
fourth ventricle
25. Which Brodmann's area is the premotor area? Area 6
26. Which Brodmann's area is the primary visual area Area 17
(most forms walls of deep calcarine sulcus)?
27. Which two Brodmann's area is the visual association Area 18 and Area 19
areas?
28. Which Brodmann's area is the primary auditory area? Area 41
29. __________ is a congenital anomaly when the hindbrain Arnold-Chiari
is displaced through the foramen magnum.
30. ___________ is a flapping tremor of hand when wrist aterixis
extended, resembling bird flapping wings
31. ataxia
