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| unable to convert short term to long term memories |
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| Caudolateral hypothalamus |
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| activty leads to behavioral anxiety |
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| Rostromedial hypothalamus |
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| activity here leads to feelings of contentment |
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| Blood supply of amygdala and hippocampus |
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| ant. choroidal artery- br. of MCA |
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| interuption of the sympathetic system, usually at the RF |
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| memory deficits (short to long) along with gaze deficits |
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| bilateral temporal lobe lesions involving amygdala and temporal cortex- causing visual agnosia, hyperorality, placidity, hyperphagia, hypersexuality, amnesia/dimensia |
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| nucleus accumbens function |
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| reward center (opiate receptors) |
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| Autonomous bladder- lesion site and characteristics |
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| transection of sacral spinal cord- fills to capacity then overflows causing continual dribbling (reflex control lost) |
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| Reflex bladder-lesion and character |
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| tansection above S2. Contraction and micturation every 1-4 hours (as bladder fills) |
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| Pt perscieves object but cannot identify |
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| Pt cannot identify a face |
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| Hemineglect syndrom- lesion and character |
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| AKA- colateral neglect syndrome. Parietal lobe damage in non-dominant (usually right) hemisphere. Pt is unaware of objects in hte left half of surroundings |
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| unable to manipulate objects in space- associated with parietal lobe damage in non-dominant hemisphere |
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| Disorder of affect.associated with parietal lobe damage in non-dominant hemisphere. Ant. lesions- unable to express emotion. Post. lesion- unable to understand emotion. |
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| Superolateral lesion in frontal lobe |
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| diminish problem solving ability |
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| inferior lesion of frontal lobe |
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| lack of responability and social propriety |
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| inability to write - damagae within or between wernicke's and broca's in dominant hemiphsere (left) |
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| inability to read out loud- damagae within or between Visual cortex and wernicke's in dominant hemiphsere (left) |
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| unable to speak, comprehension spared, pt aware of loss |
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| loss of comprehension, fluency spared, pt. unaware of loss |
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| loss of connection between brocas and wernickes- trouble finding specific words |
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| wernicke's, Broca's, and arcuate fasciulus affected- loss of comprehension and fluency |
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| neurotransmitter at ventral tegmental area |
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| neurotransmitter asssociated with drugs |
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| procedural, reference, skills- very enduring, basal ganglia, cerebellum |
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| working, events and facts- limbic system, prone to forgetfullness |
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| region and neurtransmitter involved with alzeimers |
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| basal forebrain acetlecholine- nucleus basalis |
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| adenosine antagonist- prevents adenosine form blocking adenosine |
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| Cholinergic cells in pons |
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| lesion in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (superolateral) |
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| Planning of behavior deficit |
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| behavioral symptoms of occluded ACA |
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| diminished affect (cingulate gyrus), conversion of long term memory. |
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| lesion of Inferior (orbital surface) |
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| emotional: lack fo sense of responsability, social propriety- ACA |
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| bowel, bladder symptoms of ACA occlusion |
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| Left internal carotid occlusion |
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| Hemianesthesia, hemiplesia, global aphasia- (vs lenticulostriate? no language deficits) |
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| Superior alternating hemiplesia- (AKA) |
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| Weber syndrome- CN III (ips), Contra UMN signs- no SS deficits, spinal nuclear signs |
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| Middle alternating hemiplegia |
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| AKA- Foville syndrome, ips CN IV, Contralateral UMN signs, Contra loss of discriminative sense (involement of PCML), Brainstem nuclei signs (some...depends on the depth of the lesion)- possible involvment of horizontal gaze center (look away from lesion) |
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| Inferior alternating hemiplesia |
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| AKA- medial medullary syndrome, LM sign ips CN XII, UMN sign contra UL and LL, loss of discriminatory sense contra to lesion |
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| Lateral meduallary syndrome- signs and lesions |
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| PICA, ataxia(restiform body), Nystagmus beating away from lesion, speech and swallowing deficits, ips soft palate, diminished taste (solitary nuc.) |
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| Spinal cord hemisection- AKA and signs |
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| brown- sequard, ips LMN signs at site of lesion, ips UMN signs below, COntra pain and temp below lesion starting 3-4 segments, partial loss of pain ips if lesion is >3 |
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