Drugs
Dementia/Delirium
Family Systems
Personality Disorders
Seizures
100
This drug is used to treat Alzheimer's disease with its NMDA Receptor Antagonist capability

What is Memantine

100

How do Dementia and Delirium appear on an EEG?

Dementia - Normal EEG

Delirium - Abnormal, diffuse slowly

100

Also known as the "wear and tear" of stress on body, this is the cumulative result of chronic stress and life events

Allostatic Load

100

Name the clusters of personality disorders and its element 

Cluster A - Weird 

Cluster B - Wild 

Cluster C - Wacky

100

the pre- and post- seizures terms used

Aura - warning before seizure

Post-Ictal State - brain recovery, called the period of confusion

200

Although the mechanism of action is not understand, what does the drug Modafinil do?

blocks the reuptake of Dopamine and Norepinephrine, as well as Serotonin and Glutamate

200

What two distinct elements can be identified on Alzheimer's pathology? 

Beta Amyloid Plaques

Neurofibrillary Tangles (Hyperphosphorylated Tau protein)

200

This term is defined by different actions leading to the same outcome, while this one is same actions lead to different outcome

Equifinality; Multifinality 


200

Travyeon, filled with many odd beliefs and magical thinking, believes that events that are happening in the world are because of him! Wow! What personality disorder is he most like to be diagnosed with?

Schizotypal Personality Disorder

200

Continued partial seizures can cause this specific condition 

Mesial Temporal Lobe Sclerosis (hippocampal sclerosis)  

300

Ouch! This drug is known for the side effect of gingival hyperplasia

Phenytoin

REMEMBER: also treats Status Epileptics with Benzodiazepines

300

You're in the clear if you have this specific allele, which decreases the breakdown of Amyloid Precursor Protein on neurons!

Epsilon 2 Allele 

Remember: Epsilon 4 enhances this breakdown which can increase chance of getting Alzheimers due to CNS buildup of Alpha-Beta Amyloid sheets

300
These three elements impact the Family Emotional Climate

Proximity, relationship quality, interpersonal responsivity  

300

What is the Gold Standard when it comes to treating Borderline Personality Disorder?

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIORAL THERAPY

300
What is the hallmark finding in Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy? 

myoclonic jerks on awakening from sleep; shock-like, irregular movements of both arms

400

Ethosuximide is known for this distinct feature on an EEG and what MOA?

What is 3 spikes 3 Hz spike wave; blockage of calcium channels 

(Blocks T-Type Ca+2 channels in thalamus)

400

Early onset AD in persons younger than 60 may be linked to these genes, whose protein product are involved with cleavage of amyloid-B precursor protein

Presenilin 1 and Presenilin 2 genes 

400

An example of this is the men in each generation never go to physicians for health problems...

Family projection process

This process is known as the transmission of unresolved conflicts, issues, roles, and tasks from one generation to another

400

Name three features of Borderline Personality Disorder 

Impulsivness 

Self mutilation 

Suicide gestures/attempts 

Fear of abandonment 


400

define Status epilepticus and its treatment 

a single generalized convulsion lasting GREATER THAN FIVE MINUTES or a series of generalized seizures without full return of consciousness 

TREAT with benzodiaepine or fosphenytoin

500

For the treatment of the condition ADHD, Atomoxetine typically exhibits what? and is less likely to be associated with what? 

Atomoxetine typically exhibits slower onset; less likely to be associated with abuse potential

BLOCKS REUPTAKE OF NOREPINEPHRINE 

Contrast from Methylphenidate, which blocks reuptake of Dopamine and Norepinephrine 

500
In the infamous Lewy Body dementia, what intermediate neurofilament proteins are present in inclusions ?
ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN, ubiquitin, and other enzymes
500

PBL is like a family! Perhaps a family system! We should get to know each other! This collegiate institution is where Dr. Klatt started his journey

University of Nevada

500

Define Transference

a patient's displacement or projection onto the analyst of those unconscious feelings and wishes originally directed toward important individuals in the patient's childhood

500

The paroxysmal depolarization shift depends on....

- Glutamate 

- voltage sensitive calcium channels that can produce slow depolarizations that drive fast action potentials 

- Glial cells


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