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Question	Answer
a mess of cells that grows independently of the rest of the body	neoplasm
a tumor, usually benign, arising from a meningeal tissue of the brain	meningioma
the transmission of disease from one organ to another	metastasis
a sudden cerebrovascular event that causes brain damage	what is a stroke
bleeding in the brain	cerebral hemorrhage
disruption of blood supply	cerebral ischemia
a plug forms i the brain and blocks blood flow	thrombosis
a plug forms in a larger vessel and moves to a smaller vessel	embolism
wall of blood vessels thicken, usually due to fat deposits	arteriosclerosis
blood leaks into the brain tissue	hemorrhagic stroke
clot stops blood supply to an area of the brain	ischemic stroke
brain injury due to a blow that does not penetrate the skull - the brains collides with the skull	closed head injury
contusions are often on the side of the brain opposite of the blow	countercoup injury
damage to the cerebrovascular system; bruise forms	contusion
disturbance on consciousness following a blow to the head and no evidence of structural damge	concussion
chronic traumatic encephalophathy - a progressive degenerative disease of the brain often found in athletes with a history of repetitive brain trauma	what is CTE
inflammation of the brain due to invasion of microorganisms	encephalitis
lewe bodies and other lesions	rabies
muscular weakness - can occurs 3-30 years after getting syphilis - people with this infection can have personality or mood changes	general paresis
form of neurosyphilis pain in the limbs or abdomens, failure to contract muscles, and bladder disturbances. can occur anywhere from 5-50 years after initial syphilis infection	tabes dorsalis
chronic insanity produced by a neurotoxin	toxic psychosis
lead poisoning	crack pots
mercury poisoning	mad hatter
most neuropsychological diseases of genetic origin are associated with recessive genes	genetic factor
simplex and complex	two types of partial epilepsies
petit mal and grand mal	two types of generalized epilepsies
seizures	primary symptoms of epilepsy
their own brain dysfunction	cause of epileptics to have seizures
motor seizures	convulsion seizures
genes, spiked temperature, and brain damage	3 causes of convulsion seizures
does not involve the whole brain	partial epilepsy
involves the whole brain	generalized epilepsy
motor and sensory	symptoms of partial-simplex seizure
temporal lobe	location of complex seizures
loss of consciousness and equilibrium	symptoms of a grand mal seizure
disruption of consciousness associated with a cessation of ongoing behavior	petit mal seize
tonus	rigidity
clonus	temors
associated with degeneration of the substantia nigra; these neurons release dopamine to the striatum of the basal ganglia	parkinson's disease
deep brain stimulation of sub-thalamic nucleus	reduce symptoms of parkinson's
effective for tremor, slowness, rigidity, dystonia, and dyskinesia. commonly used for parkinson's	sub-thalamic nucleus stimulation
effective for tremor. often used to treat essential tremor	thalamus stimulation (VIM)
effective for tremor, slowness, rigidity, dystonia, and dyskinesia. used to treat dystonia and parkinson's	globus pallidus stimulation (GPi)
a progressive disease that involves damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leaving areas of the hared scar tissue	multiple sclerosis
visual disturbances, muscle weakness, numbness, tremors, loss of motor coordination	symptoms of multiple sclerosis
nerofibrility tangles and amyloid plaques	must see this to diagnose alzheimer's
decline in acetylcholine levels	earliest sign of AD
experimentally induced seizure activity	kindling model of epilepsy
mice producing human amyloid	transgenic mouse model of alzheimer's
drug-induced damage comparable to that seen in PD	MPTP model of parkinson's