Go on a diet!
The birth defects caused by valproate are similar to those caused by a deficiency of this nutrient
What is folic acid?
This medication for Alzheimer's disease inhibits acetylcholine esterase (AChe) to increase acetylcholine levels
What is donepezil?
What is Parkinson's disease?
Presinillin-1
Beta-amyloid
Tau neurofibrillary tangles
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
DAILY DOUBLE
FMR1 gene
Deficiency leads to anemia, poor sensation in the legs, and difficulty walking
What is B12 (cobalamin)?
Nondysjunction disorder that leads to premature Alzheimer's disease around 40 years old
What is Down Syndrome?
Increased dopamine in the mesolimbic system is associated with this presentation
What are positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Flat affect
Disheveled
Disorganized speech
What is schizophrenia?
Syndrome that causes an elfin face and overly friendly personality
What is Williams syndrome?
An elderly person with dementia living alone at home is at increased risk for this nutritional deficiency, leading to bleeding gums, petechiae, and corkscrew hair
What is Vitamin C?
Disease with incremental decline in cognitive function:
1 year ago- weakness in arms
6 months ago- can no longer use car
1 month ago- can no longer feed herself
What is vascular dementia?
Antisocial personality disorder has this change in neurotransmitter levels
What is decreased serotonin?
DAILY DOUBLE
Rapid, pressured speech
Syndrome associated with hyperphagia and obesity in a child
What is Prader-Willi syndrome?
Deficiency that leads to nystagmus, gait instability, and confusion
What is B1 (thiamine)?
Diseases associated with REM sleep disorder
Autosomal dominant disease where caudate nucleus is reduced in size
What is Huntington's Disease?
Memory loss
Visual hallucinations (e.g. jumping bunnies)
Bradykinesia
What is Lewy Body dementia?
Condiiton in an adopted child with behavioral issues (impulsivity, distractibility), anxiety, and a smooth vermilion border
What is Fetal alcohol syndrome?
Nutritional deficiency in a homeless person with schizphrenia who has diarrhea, skin rash, and memory loss
What is Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency?
AKA pellagra
B3 deficiency causes the 3Ds -- diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia
Treatment for an elderly patient with dementia, urinary incontinence, and gait instability
What is a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt?
Used for normal pressure hydrocephalus (wacky, wobbly, wet)
A form of dementia associated with loss of the locus coeruleus
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
Startle myoclonus
Prions
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease?
Child awakens at night screaming without recollection of the incident
What are night terrors?