EEG/CLTM EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Where is the hippocampus located? - Answer- Temporal lobe, responsible for learning and memory What is the amygdala responsible for? - Answer- Long term emotional, processing of memory, the amygdalae are considered part of the limbic system. Located in Temporal Lobe Foramen Ovale Electrodes - Answer- Used to diagnose mesial temporal lobe epilepsy without penetration of the skull. These are 1 to 4 contact flexible platinum wires inserted by needle thru the cheek in the ambient cistern with the help of an X-ray Todd's Paralysis - Answer- Paralysis or weakness in a part of the body after a seizure. This weakness typically affects arms or legs, but may also affect speech, eye position or vision. usually subsides completely within 48 hours. Rasmussen's Encepholopathy - Answer- Rare, chronic focal encephalitis, characterized by frequent severe seizures, loss of motor skills and speech, hemiparesis, and dementia. The illness affects a single cerebral hemisphere and generally occurs in children under the age of 15. SUDEP - Answer- defined as the sudden and unexpected, non-traumatic and non-drowning death of a person with epilepsy without a known cause. Current CPR chest compressions - Answer- 30 to 2, or 100 per minute for adults. And 15 to 2 for children Hip Thrusting - Answer- #1 Characteristic of Non epileptic events Gelastic Seizures - Answer- Are associated with several different conditions, but mainly hypothalamic hamartomas. Characterized by sudden outbursts of Laughter, crying or cough for no apparent or appropriate reason. Cataplexy - Answer- A sudden and transient episode of muscle weakness, with full conscious awareness, typically triggered by emotions such as laughing, crying, terror, etc. It is the cardinal symptom of narcolepsy Frontal lobe - Answer- complex automatisms arise from what lobe? Cortical Dysplasia - Answer- A congenital abnormality where the neurons in an area of the brain failed to migrate in the proper formation in utero, commonly found near the cerebral cortex and is associated with seizures Lennox Gastaut - Answer- Onset between age 2 & 6. characterized by frequent seizu