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What should you check in Asian patients taking Tegretol? - CORRECT ANSWER-For the HLA-
B*1502 allele (higher risk of SJS)
What two epidermal issues can arise from Tegretol or Lamictal? - CORRECT ANSWER-Toxic
epidermal necrosis and SJS
What may be the issue if a patient on Lamictal presents with a fever and severe headache? -
CORRECT ANSWER-Aspetic meningitis
What three antipsychotics have very low weight gaining effects? - CORRECT ANSWER-Geodon,
Abilify, and Latuda
Mini-Cog - CORRECT ANSWER-3 word recall and
clock drawing
MMSE scoring - CORRECT ANSWER-24-30 severe impairment
18-23 mild impairment
17 and less no impairment
,What happens during pruning? - CORRECT ANSWER-Brain eliminates extra synapses during
infancy
autism and pruning - CORRECT ANSWER-Excess synapses caused by under-pruning (patient
oversensitive to light/sounds and seizures)
schizophrenia and pruning - CORRECT ANSWER-Fewer synapses caused by over-pruning
grey matter vs white matter - CORRECT ANSWER-Grey matter- synapses, working area of brain,
dendrites
White matter- myelinated axons
axons and dendrites - CORRECT ANSWER-axon away from cell and dendrites to neuron's cell
body
CNS is made up of - CORRECT ANSWER-brain and spinal cord
PNS consists of - CORRECT ANSWER-cranial nerves and spinal nerves- responsible for voluntary
movement
somatic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER-the division of the peripheral nervous system that
controls the body's skeletal muscles
autonomic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER-the part of the peripheral nervous system that
controls the glands and the muscles of the internal organs
parasympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER-the division of the autonomic nervous
system that calms the body, conserving its energy
, sympathetic nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER-the division of the autonomic nervous system
that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations
prefrontal cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-part of frontal lobe responsible for thinking, planning,
and language
What part of the brain is responsible for perception of pain? - CORRECT ANSWER-Prefrontal
cortex- Explains TMS
What is the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex responsible for? - CORRECT ANSWER-Executive
functioning- undergoes maturation until adulthood
orbitofrontal cortex - CORRECT ANSWER-a region of the brain that controls impulses and
attention (ADHD explained)
frontal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech (Broca-
forming), movement, emotions, and problem solving
parietal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include
memory, attention, perception, cognition, taste, and reading/writing
occipital lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual
information
temporal lobe - CORRECT ANSWER-A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing,
agnosia, and language (Wernicke's area-receptive speech)
Issues with what lobe can lead to visual/auditory hallucinations? - CORRECT ANSWER-Temporal