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PRITE Neuro Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest 2024 Update What does the cerebellum do in the human adult brain? - Answer- Diverse roles in movement, behavior, and learning Neurotransmitter assoc w/ reward & reinforcement in nicotine dependence - Answer- Dopamine A 70 y/o +HIV heroi...

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What does the cerebellum do in the human adult brain? - Answer- Diverse roles in
movement, behavior, and learning

Neurotransmitter assoc w/ reward & reinforcement in nicotine dependence - Answer-
Dopamine

A 70 y/o +HIV heroin abuser is treated with Lopinavir and Ritonavir and fluoxetine for
MDD. Hep C was dx and treated 2 months ago. Since then pt is more irritable,
insomnia, and diarrhea. Why? - Answer- Drug-drug interaction

5 days after CABG a 47 yr M is disoriented in time and place. He identifies his right and
left but not that of the examiners. Can draw square and circle but not a clock. This is: -
Answer- Dyspraxia

Alzheimer's disease risk - Apolipoprotein E phenotype - Answer- ɛ4ɛ4

Most common cause of aseptic meningitis: - Answer- Enteric virus

Head injury with LOC followed by lucid interval for a few hours then rapidly progressing
coma. What hemorrhage? - Answer- Epidural

Shaking hands, increased when using hands/writing/volitional activities. Stress worsens,
wine improves. Is familial. - Answer- Essential tremor

57 y/o diabetic w/ HTN c/o several episodes of visual loss "curtain falling" over his L
eye, transient speech and language disturbance, and mild R hemiparesis that lasted 2
hrs. Suggests presence of what? - Answer- Extracranial L internal carotid stenosis

Which gender has a higher risk for tardive dyskinesia (TD)? - Answer- Female

Electrophysiologic signs of denervation: - Answer- Fibrillation and positive sharp waves

Previously pleasant mom becomes profane and irresponsible over 6 months: - Answer-
Frontal lobe

,Dementia characterized by personality change, attention deficits, impulsivity, affect
lability, indifference, perseveration, loss of executive function. Assoc with dysfunction in
what area of the brain? - Answer- Frontal lobe

Treatment of Trigeminal Neuralgia: - Answer- Gabapentin

Young adult w/ headache behind left ear. 2 days later twisting of face. Impaired taste
sensation. Paralysis of forehead, lower face on left, incomplete closure of left eye w/
blinking. No sensory deficit or other cranial nerve deficit. MRI shows: - Answer-
Gadolinium enhancement of left facial nerve

What area of the body has the most serotonin? - Answer- GI tract

First sz with focal onset and second generalization in a 58 y/o patient is most likely the
consequence of what? - Answer- Glioblastoma multiforme

Cancer patient on chemo is disoriented and agitated. Afebrile VSS. Neg neuro exam.
Poor attention, cog impairment. Held for observation. CT neg, EEG diffuse slowing.
Treat with: - Answer- Haldol

80 y/o Alzheimer's with increasingly combative behavior. Family wants to keep at home.
Give what med? - Answer- Haldol

Treatment of Huntington's chorea - Answer- Haloperidol

Loss of pain and temp sensation on one side with motor paralysis and propioception on
the other. Spinal syndrome is: - Answer- Hemisection

Fever, HA, seizures, confusion, stupor, and coma, evolving over several days. EEG with
lateralized high-voltage sharp waves arising in the L temporal region, with slow wave
complexes repeating at 2-3 second intervals. CT low-density lesion in L temporal lobe. -
Answer- Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

49 year old develops seizure disorder that is difficult to control. CSF shows lymphocytic
pleocytosis and many RBC's. MRI shows T2 hyperintensity in the Left temporal lobe,
with gadolinium enhancement in this area in T1 weighted image. EEG shows periodic
discharges. Dx? - Answer- Herpes Simplex Encephalitis

Treatment for Huntington's disease: - Answer- High potency antipsychotics

Spinal fluid of patient w/ acute inflammatory polyneuropathy shows: - Answer- High
protein, normal cell count

Component of type A behavior most reliable risk factor for CAD - Answer- Hostility

, 98 y/o M in ER, unconscious after choking on chicken. Pt had a progressive neuro
condition presented in his early 30's w involuntary irregular movements of all extremities
and face but after 15 yr course evolved into rigid, akinetic condition w diff swallowing
and speaking. Also progressive dementia and full time care. After obstruction was
relieved pt remained unconscious, had cardiac arrest and died. PM exam showed
generalized brain atrophy. (Path picture of brain atrophy). Diagnosis: - Answer-
Huntington's disease

Cross section of the brain picture with generalized atrophy: - Answer- Huntington's
disease

Neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's are composed of: - Answer- Hyperphosphorylated
tau proteins

Benign intracranial HTN etiology: - Answer- Hypervitaminosis A

Mild confusion, lethargy, thirst, polydipsia - Answer- Hyponatremia

A 32 y/o s/p thyroidectomy presents c/o frequent panic attack, progressive cognitive
inefficiency, perceptual disturbances, severe muscle cramps, and carpopedal spasm.
PE shows alopecia and absent DTR. DX? - Answer- Hypoparathyroidism

20 y/o with 1 yr of bitemporal headaches, polydipsia, polyuria, bulimia. For 2 months
emotional outburst aggressive and transient confusion neuro exam normal. What will
MRI of brain show? - Answer- Hypothalamic tumor

Patient with pain behind the left ear progressing to numbness of the left side of the face,
tearing of the left eye, discomfort with low frequency sounds, and left facial weakness
on exam. Dx?*** - Answer- Idiopathic Bells palsy

Prosopagnosia is: - Answer- Inability to recognize faces

3 month progressive limb weakness L>R, problems swallowing. Normal CN, weakness
in neck extensor muscles, in distal and proximal muscles (quadriceps, feet dorsal
flexors, extensor pollicis longus) and in wrist/finger flexors. DTRs normal. Motor
tone/coordination/gait normal. Elevated CK. - Answer- Inclusion Body Myositis

Positive allosteric modulators of neurotransmitter-gated, multimeric ion channels do
what? - Answer- Increase probability of opening in presence of a ligand.

Motor dysfunction in Parkinson's associated with: - Answer- Increased activity in
subthalamic nucleus and pars interna of globus pallidus

Detection of 2 Apolien e4 alleles is useful in dx dementia b/c - Answer- Increases
probability of dx of Alzheimers

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