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Quiz on Development, Degeneration and Recovery, created by Catriona Wilds on 27/02/2019.

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Development, Degeneration and Recovery

Question 1 of 15

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Which of the following is NOT true of a benign tumour...

Select one of the following:

  • Benign tumours cause damage through the process of compression

  • Benign tumours damage brain tissue by infiltration

  • The flow of CSF can be shut off by a growing benign tumour

  • Benign tumours are encapsulated

Explanation

Question 2 of 15

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A(n) _________ is an example of a malignant tumour derived from glial cells.

Select one of the following:

  • Meningioma

  • Pinealoma

  • Angioma

  • Metastatic oligodendrocytoma

Explanation

Question 3 of 15

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Partial seizures...

Select one of the following:

  • Are more severe than generalized seizures

  • Involve the motor system

  • Involve widespread brain regions

  • Originate from a definite focus or source within the brain

Explanation

Question 4 of 15

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After surgery to relieve seizures, neuropsychological function may...

Select one of the following:

  • Decline due to scarring

  • Stay the same

  • Improve due to the release of compensatory mechanisms

  • Improve due to increase in compensatory mechanisms

Explanation

Question 5 of 15

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The mode of action of most anticonvulsant drugs involves...

Select one of the following:

  • blocking dopamine receptors

  • enhancing the effectiveness of inhibitory synapses in the brain

  • damping the outflow of the basal ganglia

  • blocking GABA receptors

Explanation

Question 6 of 15

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Prolonged interruption of the blood supply to a region of the brain results in...

Select one of the following:

  • Vasoconstriction

  • Hyperglycaemia

  • Ischaemia

  • Vasodilation

Explanation

Question 7 of 15

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The cause of a neuron cell death after a stroke usually involves...

Select one of the following:

  • Interruption of the glycogen delivery to the cell

  • Reduced neuronal firing produced by tissue compressions

  • Abnormally high synpatic levels of glutamate

  • The loss of oxygen radicals within glial cells

Explanation

Question 8 of 15

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A key pathway through which alcohol disrupts normal brain development is by interfering with...

Select one of the following:

  • A protein that helps guide neuronal growth in the developing brain

  • The conversion of phenylalanine into tyrosine

  • The function of glial membrane sodium-potassium transporters

  • The processes that terminate the formation of new neurons

Explanation

Question 9 of 15

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What is thought to cause the rigidity and tremors associated with Parkinson's Disease...

Select one of the following:

  • Degeneration of the serotonin-producing cells of the substantia nigra

  • Excessive activity in the ventrolateral thalamus

  • Degeneration of the caudate nucleus and putamen

  • Degeneration of the dopamine-producing cells of the substantia nigra

Explanation

Question 10 of 15

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Which of the following is not used to treat Parkinson's Disease?

Select one of the following:

  • L-Dopa

  • Dopamine agonists

  • Neurosurgery

  • Cholinergic agonists

Explanation

Question 11 of 15

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An autoimmune reaction that damages _______ is the cause of multiple sclerosis.

Select one of the following:

  • The myelin sheaths surrounding nerve cells

  • Presynaptic muscarinic receptors

  • Acetylcholinergic neruons

  • GABAergic neurons

Explanation

Question 12 of 15

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The etiology of Multiple Sclerosis may involve...

Select one of the following:

  • Damage to the blood-brain barrier by a virus

  • Lack of an enzyme needed for myelinisation

  • The formation of neurofibrillary tangles

  • The formation of β-amyloid protein

Explanation

Question 13 of 15

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The symptoms of multiple sclerosis can be partially alleviated by...

Select one of the following:

  • Administration of interferon α

  • Drugs that block acetycholinesterase

  • Administration of interferon β

  • Drugs that block glutamate receptors

Explanation

Question 14 of 15

1

The herpes simplex virus...

Select one of the following:

  • Usually causes cold sores

  • Can cause herpes encephalitis

  • Usually lives within the 5th cranial nerve

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 15 of 15

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Neurological damage occurs in HIV...

Select one of the following:

  • Because HIV crosses the blood-brain barrier

  • Because glycoprotein gp120 triggers cell suicide

  • Because of an increase in GABA receptor sites

  • Because of mutations of presenilin genes

Explanation

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