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Pathophysiology/ Brain Disorders

by Scott
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Type of ischemia where blood flow to entire brain is compromised
Species of Streptococcus that causes bacterial meningitis.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is caused by this.
Most common type of seizure among newly diagnosed cases.
Drug inhibits glutamine release. Currently used in ALS treatment.
Protein bodies that accumulate in the nuclei of neurons controlling memory and motor control.
These growths develop from the meningothelial cells of the arachnoid and are outside the brain.
Direct contusion of the brain at the site of the external force.
Seizure that involves brief involuntary muscle contraction.
These growths are derived from epithelium that lines the ventricles and spinal cord.
In Alzheimer disease,axonal microtubule associated protein responsible for microtubule assembly
Malformation of vessels, complex tangle of abnormal arteries.
Term that describes degrees of inability to comprehend, integrate or express language.
This condition seen in Huntington Disease; Body movement
Edema in brain swelling
This brain lesionis a displacement of brain tissue under the falx cerebri
Hematoma occurs between the dura and the arachnoid.
Small infarcts located in deeper, noncortical parts of the brain, or brain stem.
Reflex that demonstrates the three signs, (hypertension, bradycardia and widened pulse pressure) in increased ICP.
Principle excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain.
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This beta protein is critical in Alzheimer pathogenesis
Sign of upgoing toe to plantar stimulation
These type of tumors are divided into astrocytic and oligodendroglial
Small saccular cerebral aneurysms.
Drug that blocks calcium channels and selectively acts on cerebral blood vessels.
Minor stroke more focal in nature; abbreviation
Most aggressive brain tumor. Multiforme
Seizures that do not stop spontaneously, Status.
Generalized infection of brain parenchyma.
Cessation of breathing, lack of response to CO2 stimulation
Unilateral loss of pupillary light response due to lesion of optic or this nerve
Meningitis sign, fear of light.
Neurofibrillary __________ in Alzheimer disease
Type of edema with conditions that impair the function of the blood brain barrier.
Type of hematoma that occurs between the skull and the dura.
Early warning sign of seizure
Universal coma scale
Meningitis sign causes this rigidity.
Frontotemporal Disease was formerly called this disease.