CLTM ASAP Exam Questions and Answers Latest Version 2025-2026
safest AED for pregnancy - Answers Lamictal
bolus of propfol - Answers burst suppression
mediation to treat SE - Answers Lorazepam
VNS - Answers partial seizure
RNS neurostimulator - Answers -placed under the scalp
-used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only
-delivers stim when specific patterns are detected
MEG useful for - Answers cortical dysplasia
gliomas
tuberous slcerosis
length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - Answers 4-8 minutes
effect of WADA on brain activity - Answers transient contralateral paralysis
ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction
what diagnostic test is resulting in fewer WADA tests - Answers fMRI
Panayiotopoulos syndrome - Answers Occipital Epilepsy with tonic eye deviation, ictal vomiting, visual
seizures
good prognosis
conceptual age delta brushes appear - Answers 30 weeks
neonatal EEG pattern is evaluated based on - Answers post-menstrual age (PMA)
surgical treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas - Answers Gamma Knife
atypical absence - Answers myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring spell
atypical absence common with - Answers LGS
treatment for patients with epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent cortex - Answers
multiple subpial transection
post-ictal impairment of function with a discrete region - Answers Todd's paralysis
, most frequently involved vessel in CVA - Answers ICA
treatment for Sturge-Weber - Answers hemispherectomy
max leakage current when recording from patients with invasive monitoring electrodes - Answers 10
microamp
basal extracranial electrodes for recording mesial temporal or frontal discharges are placed where -
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sphenoidal electrodes monitor activity from - Answers anterior temporal area
subzone of epileptogenic zone that is the gold standard for localization - Answers ictal zone
thrombosis of ACA results in - Answers contralateral lower extremity weakness
physiologic substrate of clinical seizure activity - Answers abnormal neuronal discharge
cross communication between blood vessels - Answers anastomosis
time base for sensory-motor localization - Answers 50msec
depth electrodes are best for monitoring what area - Answers hippocampal area
cortical potentials for median nerve SSEP are recorded from - Answers ipsilateral parietal lobe
cortical responses over the primary somatosensory cortex to median nerve SSEPs - Answers negative
nearfield
lateralizing sign that occurs contralateral to sz onset - Answers extended arm used in "sign of 4" posture
gold standard for identifying motor cortex - Answers direct cortical stimulation
what area is the lowest risk of being affected in a temporal lobectomy performed in the dominant
hemisphere - Answers supplementary motor deficits
phase reversal in identifying central sulcus must occur within how long of the original stim in order to
prove phase reversal - Answers within 2 msec
what is the appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping - Answers awake with local
purpose of bilateral mesial temporal depth electrodes - Answers to lateralize hippocampal seizure focus
stereotactic frames - Answers used to place depth electrodes
Responsive neurostimulator (RNS) - Answers - Small battery powered device implanted into skull
- connects to deep brain areas
safest AED for pregnancy - Answers Lamictal
bolus of propfol - Answers burst suppression
mediation to treat SE - Answers Lorazepam
VNS - Answers partial seizure
RNS neurostimulator - Answers -placed under the scalp
-used as an adjunctive therapy in adults only
-delivers stim when specific patterns are detected
MEG useful for - Answers cortical dysplasia
gliomas
tuberous slcerosis
length of suspension of brain activity in WADA - Answers 4-8 minutes
effect of WADA on brain activity - Answers transient contralateral paralysis
ipsilateral hemispheric dysfunction
what diagnostic test is resulting in fewer WADA tests - Answers fMRI
Panayiotopoulos syndrome - Answers Occipital Epilepsy with tonic eye deviation, ictal vomiting, visual
seizures
good prognosis
conceptual age delta brushes appear - Answers 30 weeks
neonatal EEG pattern is evaluated based on - Answers post-menstrual age (PMA)
surgical treatment for hypothalamic hamartomas - Answers Gamma Knife
atypical absence - Answers myoclonic jerks, automatisms with the staring spell
atypical absence common with - Answers LGS
treatment for patients with epileptic zones arising from or overlapping with eloquent cortex - Answers
multiple subpial transection
post-ictal impairment of function with a discrete region - Answers Todd's paralysis
, most frequently involved vessel in CVA - Answers ICA
treatment for Sturge-Weber - Answers hemispherectomy
max leakage current when recording from patients with invasive monitoring electrodes - Answers 10
microamp
basal extracranial electrodes for recording mesial temporal or frontal discharges are placed where -
Answers near foramen ovale
sphenoidal electrodes monitor activity from - Answers anterior temporal area
subzone of epileptogenic zone that is the gold standard for localization - Answers ictal zone
thrombosis of ACA results in - Answers contralateral lower extremity weakness
physiologic substrate of clinical seizure activity - Answers abnormal neuronal discharge
cross communication between blood vessels - Answers anastomosis
time base for sensory-motor localization - Answers 50msec
depth electrodes are best for monitoring what area - Answers hippocampal area
cortical potentials for median nerve SSEP are recorded from - Answers ipsilateral parietal lobe
cortical responses over the primary somatosensory cortex to median nerve SSEPs - Answers negative
nearfield
lateralizing sign that occurs contralateral to sz onset - Answers extended arm used in "sign of 4" posture
gold standard for identifying motor cortex - Answers direct cortical stimulation
what area is the lowest risk of being affected in a temporal lobectomy performed in the dominant
hemisphere - Answers supplementary motor deficits
phase reversal in identifying central sulcus must occur within how long of the original stim in order to
prove phase reversal - Answers within 2 msec
what is the appropriate anesthetic regimen for language mapping - Answers awake with local
purpose of bilateral mesial temporal depth electrodes - Answers to lateralize hippocampal seizure focus
stereotactic frames - Answers used to place depth electrodes
Responsive neurostimulator (RNS) - Answers - Small battery powered device implanted into skull
- connects to deep brain areas
