Development, Degeneration and Recovery

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Test sobre Development, Degeneration and Recovery, creado por Catriona Wilds el 27/02/2019.
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Pregunta 1

Pregunta
Which of the following is NOT true of a benign tumour...
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
A(n) _________ is an example of a malignant tumour derived from glial cells.
Respuesta
  • Meningioma
  • Pinealoma
  • Angioma
  • Metastatic oligodendrocytoma

Pregunta 3

Pregunta
Partial seizures...
Respuesta
  • Are more severe than generalized seizures
  • Involve the motor system
  • Involve widespread brain regions
  • Originate from a definite focus or source within the brain

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
After surgery to relieve seizures, neuropsychological function may...
Respuesta
  • Decline due to scarring
  • Stay the same
  • Improve due to the release of compensatory mechanisms
  • Improve due to increase in compensatory mechanisms

Pregunta 5

Pregunta
The mode of action of most anticonvulsant drugs involves...
Respuesta
  • blocking dopamine receptors
  • enhancing the effectiveness of inhibitory synapses in the brain
  • damping the outflow of the basal ganglia
  • blocking GABA receptors

Pregunta 6

Pregunta
Prolonged interruption of the blood supply to a region of the brain results in...
Respuesta
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Hyperglycaemia
  • Ischaemia
  • Vasodilation

Pregunta 7

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

Pregunta 8

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

Pregunta 9

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

Pregunta 10

Pregunta
Which of the following is not used to treat Parkinson's Disease?
Respuesta
  • L-Dopa
  • Dopamine agonists
  • Neurosurgery
  • Cholinergic agonists

Pregunta 11

Pregunta
An autoimmune reaction that damages _______ is the cause of multiple sclerosis.
Respuesta
  • The myelin sheaths surrounding nerve cells
  • Presynaptic muscarinic receptors
  • Acetylcholinergic neruons
  • GABAergic neurons

Pregunta 12

Pregunta
The etiology of Multiple Sclerosis may involve...
Respuesta
  • 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

Pregunta 13

Pregunta
The symptoms of multiple sclerosis can be partially alleviated by...
Respuesta
  • Administration of interferon α
  • Drugs that block acetycholinesterase
  • Administration of interferon β
  • Drugs that block glutamate receptors

Pregunta 14

Pregunta
The herpes simplex virus...
Respuesta
  • Usually causes cold sores
  • Can cause herpes encephalitis
  • Usually lives within the 5th cranial nerve
  • All of the above

Pregunta 15

Pregunta
Neurological damage occurs in HIV...
Respuesta
  • 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
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