Gen Psych
Neuropsych
Genes, Biomarkers, and Networks
Psychopharm
smorgasbord
100
Intoxication with this is associated with nystagmus, hypertension, tachycardia, muscle rigidity, dysarthria, decreased responsiveness to pain, seizures.
What is PCP?
100
Digit span, which involves attentional processes, immediate recall and ability to sequence bits of information, tests this type of memory.
What is working memory?
100
The most common protein abnormality in Diffuse Lewy Body Dementia.
What is alpha synuclein?
100
Although much emphasis is placed on its causing agranulocytosis, seizures occur more frequently with the use than with other atypical antipsychotics.
What is clozapine?
100
Most likely localization of capgras delusions and psychosis.
What is the temporal lobe?
200
Intoxication with this is associated with hypertension, tachycardia, delusions, hallucinations, and violent behavior. They might have snorted this.
What is Bath salts or methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)?
200
One of the earliest findings on PET scanning in Alzheimer disease.
What is is hypometabolism in bilateral parietal and precuneus?
200
Antidepressant that has had a low incidence of erectile dysfunction associated with its use
What is buproprion?
200
Classically presents with the 3 D's: dementia, dermatitis, and diarrhea. Other neurologic manifestations include peripheral neuropathy and myelopathy.
What is Niacin deficiency, commonly found in malnourished individuals and in those taking isoniazid?
300
venlafaxine affects which neurotransmitter systems
What are noradrenergic and serotonergic?
300
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder often manifests as violent behavior that emerges out of REM sleep and is associated with increase motor activity during REM sleep on PSG. There is an association between this pathology and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder.
What is alpha synucleinopathy?
300
a reversible depletor of monoamines (dopamine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, serotonin, others). It reduces the uptake of dopamine and other monamines into synaptic vesicles and blocks their transport. Since it provides greater selectivity for dopamine than the other monoamines, it particularly reduces dopaminergic activity in the brain.
What is Tetrabenazine?
300
Disease seen most often in alcoholics and results in corpus callosum damage. It may present with sudden onset of stupor or coma and seizures. Other patients have acute, subacute, or chronic onset of dementia, gait problems, psychiatric disturbances, incontinence, hemiparesis, aphasia, and apraxia of the left hand (due to callosal disconnection).
What is Marchiafava-Bignami disease?
400
This dementia syndrome responds very positively to cholinesterase inhibitors. Rivastigmine has the most positive data, but all cholinesterase inhibitors may improve the symptoms.
What is Dementia with Lewy Bodies?
500
Has the weakest blockage of the H1 receptor and is least likely to cause weight gain and sedation of the TCAs.
What is nortriptyline?
500
A man has a slow growing tumor in a region with some surrounding edema. Examination reveals agraphesthesia typical for right cortical parietal lesions. Other cortical-mediated sensory modalities that are likely to also be affected in this case include astereognosis and decreased 2-point discrimination both on the left hand.
What is right cortical parietal region?