PRITE 2024 Exam with Questions and Answers

PRITE 2024 Exam with Questions and Answers What is sleep terrors? ANSWER Arousal disorder during deep sleep What are the symptoms of transcortical sensory aphasia? ANSWER Difficulty in auditory comprehension and naming, fluent speech, maintained repetition How does Varenicline work? ANSWER Partial agonism of alpha-4 and beta-2 nicotinic receptors What are the symptoms of Fragile-X Ovarian Insufficiency? ANSWER Irregular menstrual periods, premature menopause, infertility How is Wilson disease inherited? ANSWER Autosomal recessive pattern What are the symptoms of Wilson disease? ANSWER Mood/psychotic symptoms, anosmia, rigidity, wing-beating tremor What are the characteristics of decerebrate posturing? ANSWER Adduction and internal rotation of shoulders, extension at elbows with pronation of forearm, flexion of fingers What does decerebrate posturing indicate? ANSWER Severe damage at the rubrospinal tract, involvement of the red nucleus, lesion lower in the brainstem