Cranial nerves responsible for cotton-corneal reflex.
What are V1 and VII?
100
Region(s) of the spinal cord primarily affected by ALS
What are ventral horns AND lateral columns?
100
Drug that can reduce blood pressure by preventing the synthesis and storage of norepinephrin.
What is Reserpine?
100
These cells form the output signal of the retina.
What are the ganglion cells?
100
It is the precursor in biosynthesis of dopamine.
What is tyrosine?
200
Most likely diagnosis if a girl complained of loss of P/T around the waist bilaterally due to a congenital problem.
What is synringomyelia?
200
Primary NT released in terminals of neostriatal fibers
What is GABA?
200
A nucleus in the medulla responsible for control of autonomic functions.
What is the solitary nucleus?
200
only sensory system that does not relay information to the thalamus prior to cerebrum.
What is the olfactory system?
200
primary auditory recieving area in cerebrum.
What is the superior temporal gyrus?
300
This brain structure lies on the dorsal surface of the internal capsule and maintains recirocal connections with globbus pallidus
What is the subthalamic nucleus?
300
The neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) has recently been applied experimentally with considerable success as a model for the study of this disease.
What is Parkinson's disease?
300
2nd MC location of annurysm formation in brain, and a common cause of CN III palsy.
What is posterior communicating artery?
300
thalamic nuclei utilized by head proprioceptive information and taste.
What is the VPM?
300
Type of visual loss expected in a patient with pituitary microadenoma.
What is bitemporal hemianopsia?
400
This nucleus of the hypothalamus is responsible for regulation of biological rhythms.
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
400
Primary source of afferent fibers to the flocculonodular lobe.
What is the vestibular complex (inf & sup vestibular nuclei)?
400
hypothalamic nuclei that projects to posterior pituitary and functions in ADH secretion.
What is the supraoptic nucleus?
400
A light beam will hyperpolarize cone cells and ultimately result in reduction of this NT.
What is glutamate?
400
area of the CNS with highest density of opioid receptors.
What is the periaqueductal gray?
500
The origin of descending pain inhibitory pathway that modulates pain input levels at the level of the dorsal horn of the spinal cord.
What is the periaquaductal gray?
500
stroke in the medial branches of the basilar artery, affecting axons of CNVI, some corticospinal fibers
What is caudal basal pontine syndrome (medial pontine syndrome)?
500
Most likely nerve damage with cavernous sinus congestion
What is CN VI injury?
500
stroke in this artery results in contralateral loss of pain and temp, ipsilateral dysphagia, nystagmus, ipsilateral horner's, ipsilateral facial pain & ipsilateral ataxia (Wallenberg's syndrome)
What is PICA?
500
Lesion of this part of the brainstem results in paralysis of upward gaze.