ABPN Neuro Boards Review Exam 2026
Questions and Answers
What is Mollaret meningitis? - Correct answer-Recurrent benign lymphocytic
meningitis
What bacteria/virus/fungus is most associated with Mollaret menigitis? - Correct
answer-HSV-2
What illness is characterized by 3 episodes of fever and meningismus lasting 2-5
days followed by spontaneous resolution? - Correct answer-Mollaret meningitis
What is Witzelsucht? - Correct answer-Inappropriate jocularity/joking in absence
of pseudobulbar affect.
What lesions are seen in Witzelsucht? - Correct answer-Orbitofrontal cortex lesions
What class of medication is used for Sydenham Chorea? - Correct answer-
Dopamine receptor antagonist -- Typical or Atypical antipsychotic
Cortical blindness can be caused by what lesions? - Correct answer-Bilateral
occipital lobe infarctions (lesion in postgeniculate visual pathway)
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,Lesion of bilateral occipital lobes can demonstrate what? - Correct answer-
Symmetrical vision loss, bilateral homonymous hemianopia, absent blink to threat,
and if visual loss is severe enough, then absent optokinetic reponses.
Prolonged use of what type of medications can lead to tardive dyskinesia? -
Correct answer-Dopamine-receptor blocking agents
What type of medication can help with tardive dyskinesia? - Correct answer-
VMAT2 inhibitors
How do VMAT2 inhibitors work in helping tardive dyskinesia? - Correct answer-It
centrally acts to deplete dopamine storage in presynaptic vesicles
Which Brodmann area is Broca's area? - Correct answer-Brodmann area 44
Which Brodmann area is the primary motor cortex - Correct answer-Brodmann
area 4
What Brodmann area is the prefrontal association cortex? - Correct answer-
Brodmann area 45
How do Nemaline Rods appear on Gomori trichrome staining? - Correct answer-
As red protein accumulations
What type of staining helps identify Nemaline myopathy? - Correct answer-
Gomori trichrome staining
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, What is the main inhibitory NT in the spinal cord? - Correct answer-Glycine
What medication used for mania in bipolar disorder is associated with decreased
risk of suicide and self-harm? - Correct answer-Lithium
Wallenberg Syndrome - Correct answer-1) Dysphagia and Dysarthria
2) Ataxia
3) Loss of pain and temperature on ipsilateral face and contralateral body
4) Horner's Syndrome
What is seen in this picture and what is it seen in? - Correct answer-Neurofibrillary
tangles; Alzheimer's disease
What are neurofibrillary tangles made out of? - Correct answer-Intracellular
deposits of phosphorylated tau protein
Split cord malformation type 1 - Correct answer-2 hemicords housed in separate
dural sheaths
Split cord malformation type 2 - Correct answer-2 hemicords within the same dural
sheath
What is the Currarinos triad? - Correct answer-1) Anterior sacral meningocele
2) Presacral mass
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Questions and Answers
What is Mollaret meningitis? - Correct answer-Recurrent benign lymphocytic
meningitis
What bacteria/virus/fungus is most associated with Mollaret menigitis? - Correct
answer-HSV-2
What illness is characterized by 3 episodes of fever and meningismus lasting 2-5
days followed by spontaneous resolution? - Correct answer-Mollaret meningitis
What is Witzelsucht? - Correct answer-Inappropriate jocularity/joking in absence
of pseudobulbar affect.
What lesions are seen in Witzelsucht? - Correct answer-Orbitofrontal cortex lesions
What class of medication is used for Sydenham Chorea? - Correct answer-
Dopamine receptor antagonist -- Typical or Atypical antipsychotic
Cortical blindness can be caused by what lesions? - Correct answer-Bilateral
occipital lobe infarctions (lesion in postgeniculate visual pathway)
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,Lesion of bilateral occipital lobes can demonstrate what? - Correct answer-
Symmetrical vision loss, bilateral homonymous hemianopia, absent blink to threat,
and if visual loss is severe enough, then absent optokinetic reponses.
Prolonged use of what type of medications can lead to tardive dyskinesia? -
Correct answer-Dopamine-receptor blocking agents
What type of medication can help with tardive dyskinesia? - Correct answer-
VMAT2 inhibitors
How do VMAT2 inhibitors work in helping tardive dyskinesia? - Correct answer-It
centrally acts to deplete dopamine storage in presynaptic vesicles
Which Brodmann area is Broca's area? - Correct answer-Brodmann area 44
Which Brodmann area is the primary motor cortex - Correct answer-Brodmann
area 4
What Brodmann area is the prefrontal association cortex? - Correct answer-
Brodmann area 45
How do Nemaline Rods appear on Gomori trichrome staining? - Correct answer-
As red protein accumulations
What type of staining helps identify Nemaline myopathy? - Correct answer-
Gomori trichrome staining
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, What is the main inhibitory NT in the spinal cord? - Correct answer-Glycine
What medication used for mania in bipolar disorder is associated with decreased
risk of suicide and self-harm? - Correct answer-Lithium
Wallenberg Syndrome - Correct answer-1) Dysphagia and Dysarthria
2) Ataxia
3) Loss of pain and temperature on ipsilateral face and contralateral body
4) Horner's Syndrome
What is seen in this picture and what is it seen in? - Correct answer-Neurofibrillary
tangles; Alzheimer's disease
What are neurofibrillary tangles made out of? - Correct answer-Intracellular
deposits of phosphorylated tau protein
Split cord malformation type 1 - Correct answer-2 hemicords housed in separate
dural sheaths
Split cord malformation type 2 - Correct answer-2 hemicords within the same dural
sheath
What is the Currarinos triad? - Correct answer-1) Anterior sacral meningocele
2) Presacral mass
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