SIPS
This part of the neuro physical exam tests subconscious awareness of static body position and balance
What is Proprioception?
This sac like protrusion of the cerebrospinal fluid through the arachnoid mater is also known as a
SAD
What is a Subarachnoid Diverticulum
This anti-epileptic drug should be avoided in cats as it can cause pancreatitis
What is Bromide?
These four "lobes" make up the cerebral cortex of the brain.
What are the Frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes?
This medication is often used to slow the production and flow of spinal fluid.
What is Omeprazole (Prilosec)?
This response/reflex to a sudden, threatening gesture made towards the eye to elicit a blink - evaluates visual pathways and cranial nerves.
What is a menace response?
**Fun fact - this is a learned response hence why it cannot be truly evaluated in puppies and kittens**
This is a congenital disorder often referred to as COMS in which the skull is not large enough to accommodate the brain.
This type of seizure typically affects the muscles of the face and body and is also known as a petit mal seizure
What is a focal seizure
The fundamental working units of the brain and nervous system
Neurons
This is the space where spinal fluid is found
Subarachnoid space
This neurologic condition typically appears suddenly on one side of the face and is characterized by four classic signs: a constricted pupil (miosis), a droopy upper eyelid (ptosis), a sunken eye (enophthalmos), and a raised third eyelid.
What is Horner's Syndrome?
ANNPE is the abbreviation for this spinal cord injury
Acute Noncompressive Nucleus Pulposis Extrusion
This "phase" of a seizure often presents as nervousness, restlessness or clingy behavior.
What is the pre-ictal phase? Also caulled Aura.
This part of the brain regulates temperature, controls heart rate, blood pressure and release of various hormones.
What is the hypothalamus?
This fatal condition typically occurs after a traumatic injury to the spinal cord and literally translates to "spinal cord death"
What is myelomalacia?
This multifactoral sensory response in the neuro exam is often abbreviated as a CP response or deficit
Conscious Proprioception
This chemical (sometimes found in gum, chocolate and rodenticides) is toxic to dogs and can cause seizures.
What is Xylitol?
Also known as the "Master Gland" this produces and releases vital hormones that control metabolism, reproduction and stress seponses.
What is the Pituitary Gland?
What is the Dura Mater?
This disorder of the nervous system affects primarily young dogs and, rarely, cats and involves sudden collapse and loss of movement.
What is narcolepsy or cataplexy?
The FLAIR sequence on MRI is designed to highlight fluid in the brain and spinal cord. What does the abbreviation stand for?
Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery
This AED alters regions of the brain that regulate emotion and can cause sudden irritability and aggression in dogs.
What is Levetiracetam or Keppra?
AKA "Keppra Rage"