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This focal dystonia is characterized by effortful voice production described as a
strained-strangled voice quality, voice stoppages associated with over closure of
the vocal folds, but normal vegetative voice function
Spasmodic dysphonia
A unilateral stroke to the sensorimotor areas would likely result in:
Unilateral Upper Motoneuron Dysarthria
This condition is associated with brief involuntary movements or sounds that
occur over a background of normal motor activity and can include palilalia and
coprolalia, and generally occurs in males more than females.
Gilles de LaTourette's Syndrome
This type of dyskinesia involves rapid, purposeless movements and is associated
with Wilson's disease and Sydenham's disease:
chorea
Huntington's disease is associated with:
hyperkinetic dysarthria
A person complains that his spouse can't hear him, and he presents with short
rushes of speech, monopitch. You notice a resting tremor and bradykinesia. This
person likely presents with:
hypokinetic dysarthria
damage to cerebellum
ataxic dysarthria
Myasthenia Gravis, Guillain-Barre, and Bell's palsy are all typically associated
with:
flaccid dysarthria
This part of the limbic system regulates thirst, hunger, and temperature control:
hypothalamus
apraxia of speech is caused by
Difficulty with motor programming
Which of the following statements is true?
Diseases and disorders can affect higher-order brain functions even if the primary
pathology is not in the brain
The onset and clinical course of a disorder can teach us:
How the brain is plastic and can adapt
Cerebellar lesions primarily affect:
non declarative learning
exec functions are
Cognitive functions we use to achieve goal-oriented behaviors
Which of the following is the current view of localization?
Modified localization: brain regions work in concert to achieve functions
Which of the following cytoarchitectural features supports localization?