Neuro Pathology
This disorder refers to the immune related degredation of myelin in the body.
Multiple Sclerosis
There are this many lobes of the brain.
what is 5.
This part of the neuron received messages.
what is the dendrites.
This has come to be a standard treatment for motor disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.
deep brain stimulation
The case of Phineas Gage revealed greater understanding of this part of the brain.
The frontal lobe
VD and strokes are this type of brain trauma.
What are ischemias?
This is the area where the optic nerve crosses.
what is the optic chiasm.
This period reestablishes the polarity of an axon.
what is the refractory period.
This brain imaging technique involves injecting a participant with a radioacive substance just prior to their performing one or more tasks of interest.
positron emission tomography (PET) scanning
Trepenation was used to treat these pathologies (Name 2)
What are epilepsy and headaches.
This is the disease that is sometimes treated with surgery to remove an entire hemisphere of the brain
Rasmussen's syndrome
This structure regulates heart rate, blood pressure, respiration and digestion, connects brain to spinal cord; vital center
medulla oblongata
The neuron axons compose this part of the brain.
what is the white matter.
This is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used to treat depression in Alzheimer's patients.
Fluvoxamine (Luvox)
His pioneering use of silver allowed people to see the structure of human neurons
Camillo Golgi
Autoimmune targeting of this structure is associated with Guillain - Barre syndrome, often in response to viral or bacterial infection.
What are the postcentral gyrus, the inferior frontal cortex, the precentral gyrus, and the superior parietal lobule.
damage to a lower motor neuron causes what type of paralysis/damage.
what is flacid paralysis.
This surgical procedure could be used for the treatment of myasthenia gravis?
Thymectomy
which cranial nerve acts to constrict the pupil through control of iris musculature?
cranial nerve III- oculomotor
the affect of catecholamines is dtermined by the type of this receptor.
This is the large topographic subcortical area of the internal capsule that connects Broca's to Wernicke's area is referred to as?
what is the arcuate fasciculus.
this is the part of the neuron that clusters rough ER and free ribosomes; makes cell body appear gray
what are the nissil bodies
These are signs or symptoms of a patient whose ventricular shunt for the treatment of hydrocephalus is malfunctioning?
what aredecreased level of consciousness, restlessness, headache, blurred vision, or vomiting.
This structure of brain is the relay center for motor information which is transmitted from cortex to the cerebellum.
what is the pons.