Term
| Global hypoxia / ischemia |
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Definition
| pyramidal neurons of hippocampus and Purkinje cells of cerebellar cortex |
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Term
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Definition
headache, dizziness - nausea, confusion, visual disturbance - seizures, coma, death
brain swollen and cherry-red
hemorrhage in globus pallidus and petechial hemorrhage in white matter |
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Term
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Definition
Wernicks (acute) - MS changes, eye movement abnormalities, ataxia
Korsakoff (chronic) - amnesia and confabulation
cofactor in TCA cycle, leads to insufficient energy production
regions bordering 3rd and 4th ventricles and aqueduct - mammillary bodies |
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Term
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Definition
spongy vacuolation and degeneration of myelin in thoracic cord - posterior columns
folate dependent
inc homocysteine and methylmalonic CoA |
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Term
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Definition
asterixis
inc ammonia
Alzheimer type II astrocytes |
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Term
| Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) |
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Definition
monophasic demyelinating disease of basis pontis
caused by rapid correcting of hyponatremia |
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