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03/04/2013

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Term
neoplasm
Definition
tumor new growth
Term
meningiomas
Definition
20% of tumors
encapsulated
grow within own membrane
ct scan
remove because of pressur
Term
infultrating tumors
Definition
most brain tumors
-malignant and difficult to remove
Term
percent of brain tumors that do not origionate in the brain
Definition
10
metastatic
Term
acoustic neuromas
Definition
grow on nerves or tracts
Term
infarct
Definition
dead tissue caused by stroke
Term
penumbra
Definition
area surronding infarct may grow back or die
Term
types of stroke
Definition
hemorrhage and ischemia
Term
aneurysm
Definition
common cause of intracerebral hemorrhage
some are congenital or from infection
Term
ischemia
Definition
blockage of blood
thrombosis-blocks blood flow at site of thrombus blockage
embolism-fat blocks an artery
takes awhile to develope
Term
arteriosclerosis
Definition
walls of blood vessels thicken and channels narrow fat deposits
Term
glutamate
Definition
causes damage in stroke
excitory
Term
contusions
Definition
closed head injuries
-damage to cerebral circulatory
internal hemoraging resulting in hematoma
Term
subdural space
Definition
dura mater and arachnoid membrane
Term
contrecoup injuries
Definition
injury opposite side of the blow
Term
encephalitis
Definition
inflammation caused by infection
Term
bacterial infection s
Definition
abscess is formed
syph- insanity demential-
Term
general paresis
Definition
insanity and dementia from syph
Term
virul infections
Definition
major role in disorders
difficult to recognize
lay dormant
Term
neurotoxins
Definition
produce toxic psychosis
tardive dyskinsesia TD from a drug
Term
endogenous
Definition
produced by patients own body neurotoxin toxic blood
Term
humans have _ chromos
Definition
23
Term
most disorders are genetically
Definition
recessive
Term
genetic accident
Definition
downs
21 chroms 3 rather than 2
Term
apoptosis
Definition
critical role in development by eliminating extra neurons
more adaptive than necrosis
slow
shrinkage of cell bodydebris is packaged in vesicles
no inflammation and outer damage is minimum
Term
necrosis
Definition
cell death passed on from injury
damaged cell swells and breaks apart
quick
Term
epileppsy
Definition
1% many causes
blows virus nerutox tumor
genes
Term
epileptic auras
Definition
early warning signs of epilep
Term
partial ep
Definition
not envolve entire brain
discharge in burst
Term
simple parti seiz
Definition
sensory and motor jacksonian seiz
Term
complex part
Definition
temporal lobes repetative simple behaviors
automatisms
no recollection docot ex
Term
generalized sez
Definition
entire brain
Term
grand mal
Definition
convulsions brain damage
hypoxia
Term
petit mal
Definition
no associated with convulsions absens day dreaming
Term
parkinsons
Definition
2% males
initial mild no dementia
substantia nigra
midbrain
striatum
10 gene mutations
DBS treatment
Term
huntingtons
Definition
rare gentic dementia
huntingtim
dominant 50%
Term
MS
Definition
young people
autoimmune
genetic enviormental
cig smokers greater risk
Term
Alz disease
Definition
10% genetic
autopsy
amyloid plaques
Term
kindling phenom
Definition
first neuroplatic
goddard stimulation to rats
permanant
Term
transgenic
Definition
genes of other animals have been introduced
Term
MPTP does not model which factors of parkinsons
Definition
etiological factors
Term
anterograde degenration
Definition
degeneration of distal segmant
occurs quickly
because it is the metabolic ceter of a neuron
Term
retrograde degeneration
Definition
degernation of proximal segment
regenerative or gdegernative
either apoptosis or necrosis or both
Term
distal segment
Definition
segment of a cut axon between the cut and synaptic terminals
Term
proximal segment
Definition
segremnt of a cut axon between the cut and cell body
Term
transneuronal degenartion
Definition
spreads from damaged neurons to others on same synapse
Term
anterograde transnneural degeneration
Definition
spreading from neuron to neuron
Term
retrograde tran degeration
Definition
damaged neurons to neurosn that synapse on them
Term
regeneration can occur in PNS
Definition
if Schwann has myelin sheth intact
Term
collateral sprouting
Definition
may grow out from nodes of R as axon degenrates axon branches grow from healthy axon to unhealthy
Term
reorganization
Definition
occurs too quickly for neural growth and rapid reoganization never envolves much space
Term
recovery
Definition
poorly understood
best case scenario: young small lesions
Term
olfactory
Definition
used instead of schwaan but similar some motor function was restored
Term
stem cells are
Definition
multipoptent
Term
enriched enviorments
Definition
increase dendritic branching
size of synapse
aided neurogenesis
reduced plaques
Term
phantom limb is a result of what
Definition
neuroplasticity
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