Anxiety and Post- Traumatic Stress disorder
What is the difference between healthy and unhealthy anxiety?
Limited amounts of anxiety are normal and are a healthy response to the uncertainty and danger
Unhealthy, uncontrollable anxiety is a common part of a multitude of psychiatric disorders
What are psychiatric disorders?
Wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior.
What does TBI stand for?
Traumatic Brain injury
What type of neurons do Parkinson's Patients lack?
Dopamine producing Neurons
What disease causes dementia and is reported as the 6th leading cause of death
Alzheimer’s
Is OCD an anxiety disorder?
If your parents are diagnosed with major depressive disorder, are you guaranteed to have it too? Are you more or less likely to get it than someone whose parents do not have major depressive disorder?
You are not guaranteed, but you are more likely to have it
Name 4 out of the 6 types of TBIs we talked about?
Concussion, Contusion, Hermorhage, Hematoma, Coup- Contrecoup Injury. Diffuse Axonal Injury (DAI)
What is the surgical treatment to treat movement disorders(such as Parkinson’s disorder)?
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgical procedure used to treat disabling symptoms of neurological disorders, including dystonia, epilepsy, essential tremor, and Parkinson's disease.
Are there cures for neurodegenerative diseases? If so, explain and if not, what can we do to effectively handle them?
No there are not cures; Fundriasing and raising awarenss towards these dieases can help fund hospitals and provide neurological treatment for these diesease
If you have recurring distressful memories of a traumatic event and are reliving the traumatic event through flashbacks, what disorder are you likely to be diagnosed with?
PTSD
- What are some medications for manic periods?
Some medications include anti-epilepsy drugs, lithium, and atypical antipsychotics
What is the injury that occurs when a collision causes the brain to ricochet off the front of the skull and hit the back
Coup-contrecoup injury
What are the two possible candidates for biomarkers(malformed proteins) for Alzheimer’s disease?
Amyloid-Beta and Tao
What does a Clinical Psychologist do?
Psychologists who provide clinical and counseling services to assess and treat mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. They use the science of psychology and promote resilience and help people discover their strengths.
I have a test next period that I did not study for; my heart is beating fast, my breaths are getting shorter, and I'm nauseous. What am I going through? What disorder leads to this?
Panic attack
-What is an example of a positive symptom and negative symptom of schizophrenia?
Positive: Delusions
Negative: reduced speech
Explain the function of chemo wafers
Device that is implanted in the brain after the removal of a cancerous tumor to release chemotherapy drugs
Which neurological disease mentioned in our powerpoint has no cognitive impairment and only affects our motor system?
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
What does someone with an MD-PHD do?
The career provides unique perspectives on questions about basic scientific discovery, medical intervention, or translational research. MD-PhDs may remain focused as a basic or clinical scientists or become an administrative leaders within their academic medical center.
Regarding OCD, what is the definition of obsession and the definition of compulsion. Give an example of each (obsession and compulsions). (actions taken to believe or banish the obsessions)
Obsession: (uncontrolled, recurring thoughts) Fear of contaminated objects; Doubts of locking the door
Compulsion: (actions taken to believe or banish the obsessions) Constantly and excessively washing hands, constantly checking to make sure door is locked
Situation: I woke up this morning; I feel energized with racing thoughts; I am abusing drugs and running around town, and I feel like I am above the laws of nature. What type of bipolar disorder episode is this?
Maniac episodes
Which brain conditions results from the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra
Parkinson’s disease
What is the root cause of many of these neurodegenerative diseases and why?
Misfolding of proteins, because it causes these proteins to clump together which triggers neuronal death.
Name a reason why you are interested in the field of neuroscience
Any answer acceptable