Development of Neuropsychology
________ _______ involves fluent speech with normal grammar and syntax, but the words are often jumbled or meaningless, and the individual has difficulty understanding language while typically being unaware of the problem.
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
A tumor is malignant, slow-growing, and has an increased chance of recurrence, tumor is a grade __?
What is grade 2?
You are examining a patient who is complaining of tongue pain. You ask the patient to stick out their tongue and notice that their tongue is deviating to a specific side. This suggests problems in which cranial nerve?
What is the hypoglossal nerve?
Which enzyme, found in higher concentrations in men, and which organ play a role in alcohol metabolism?
What are the ADH1B and Liver?
________ _____ is small structure in the brain that Descartes believe controlled movements by directing cerebrospinal fluid through the ventricle.
What is the pineal gland?
An imaginary drug “Psych2NF3 immunodeficiency virus (a.k.a PIV)” is known to destroy T-cells, a type of white blood cell (immune cells). If left untreated PIV could result in ______.
What is AIDS?
How is the motor supply of the trigeminal nerve tested?
Patient is asked to clench their teeth together
What is a characteristic chemical structure found in Alcohol?
What is Hydroxyl Group?
____________ developed the theory of "localization of function" and believed that different parts of the brain controlled different behaviors, leading to the now-debunked practice of phrenology.
Who is Franz Gall?
When taking an MRI to diagnose a patient with a brain injury what distinction is used to identify tumors compared to brain tissue?
Tumours appear white in MRI and brain tissues appear dark grey
What is the oculomotor nerve primarily responsible for?
4 of the 6 eye muscles
What effect does acute alcohol consumption have on glutamate activity in the brain?
It reduce glutamate activity by blocking its receptors
Damage to _______ ________ results in conduction aphasia, where speech comprehension and production remain intact, but the ability to repeat spoken words is impaired
What is arcuate fasciculus?
A hockey player goes to the doctor and reports having difficulty naming objects he sees. What area of his brain is most likely injured and what markers could you detect to confirm your theory?
What are Ventral stream and p-taus?
How can clinicians detect with reasonable accuracy whether someone is malingering during neuropsychological assessments?
What is the Forced Choice Digit Memory test?
Which enzyme breaks down Acetaldehyde to form Acetic Acid in the process of alcohol metabolization? And why is it important that Acetaldehyde gets broken down quickly?
What is Acetaldehyde dehydrogenase?
Acetaldehyde causes hangover
______ ______ ______ is advanced neuroimaging technique, a specialized form of MRI, maps the movement of water molecules in the brain to visualize nerve fiber pathways?
What is Diffusion Tensor imaging or DTI?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a well-known disease that affects thousands of people a year; however, there is no known solution. What makes MS so difficult to cure?
MS is an autoimmune disease
A patient complains of vision problems, including blurred vision, reduced color perception, and eye pain with movement. After testing, it is determined that the affected cranial nerve is inflamed. Which nerve is involved, and what is the most likely cause?
What is the Optic nerve (CN II) and what is multiple sclerosis?
What type of degradation does chronic alcohol use cause, and what neuroimaging technique is used to detect it?
What is Degradation of myelin; DTI?