Neurology — Flashcards

Pantothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration (PKAN)/Neurodegeneration with brain _____ accumulation (NBIA) is also called as Hallervorden-Spatz disease

_____ of the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway results in increased extrapyramidal symptoms

Bilateral lesions of the amygdala (and thus _____ syndrome) are associated with HSV-1 encephalitis

Clawing of the hand is best seen with _____ lesions of the median or ulnar nerves.

Hint: (proximal or distal)

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is characterized by a triad of _____, ataxia, and confusion

_____ is due to slowly progressing, persistent infection of the brain by measles virus

What movement disorders (2) are associated with Huntington disease? _____ and Athetosis

_____ motoneuron lesions may cause spastic paralysis

Internal carotid dissection can present with an ipsilateral third-order _____, as well as profound neurologic deficits due to infarction of the cerebral hemisphere

Lesions of the _____ cerebellar vermis usually result from medulloblastomas or ependymomas and present with truncal ataxia