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What two structures make up the central nervous system?
Brain and spinal cord.
A patient has recurring severe headaches with nausea and sensitivity to light and sound. What condition should you suspect?
Migraine
This drug, brand name Imitrex, is commonly associated with migraine treatment.
Sumatriptan
Which neurotransmitter is strongly associated with movement, motivation, and reward?
Dopamine.
You see sumatriptan on a patient's profile. What condition should immediately come to mind?
Migraine.
What is the name of a nerve cell?
neuron
A patient has tremors, slow movement, muscle rigidity, and balance problems associated with decreased dopamine.
Parkinsons Disease
This antiseizure medication has the brand name Keppra.
Levetiracetam.
Which neurotransmitter is associated with mood and sleep?
Serotonin
You see donepezil on a patient's profile. What condition should come to mind?
Alzheimer's disease/dementia.
What division of the nervous system includes all nerves outside the brain and spinal cord?
PNS
A patient suddenly develops weakness and drooping on one side of the face.
Bell's Palsy
This medication, brand name Tegretol, may be used for seizures and trigeminal neuralgia.
Carbamazepine.
Which neurotransmitter is important for memory and muscle movement?
Acetylcholine.
A patient has an uncomfortable urge to move their legs while resting, especially at night. What condition could this indicate?
Restless leg syndrome.
This protective substance acts like insulation around nerve fibers and is damaged in multiple sclerosis.
Myelin.
Brushing their teeth or touching their face causes a patient to experience severe, electric-shock-like facial pain. What condition is this?
Trigeminal neuralgia.
This medication, brand name Aricept, is a cholinesterase inhibitor associated with Alzheimer's disease.
Donepezil.
Which neurotransmitter generally slows or calms nervous system activity?
GABA.
A patient has involuntary, irregular movements known as chorea. They are prescribed tetrabenazine (Xenazine). What neurological disease should you associate with this medication?
Huntington's disease.
This is the tiny space or junction where one neuron communicates with another neuron using neurotransmitters.
synapse
This inherited neurological disease can affect movement, thinking, and behavior and may cause involuntary movements called chorea.
Huntington’s disease
This combination medication should immediately make you think of Parkinson's disease.
Carbidopa/levodopa (Sinemet).
$500
Parkinson's disease is strongly associated with a decrease in which neurotransmitter?
Dopamine.
A patient has dementia symptoms, visual hallucinations, fluctuating cognition, AND Parkinson-like movement problems.
Lewy body dementia