Neurological Diseases

Which nervous system disease may result in movement, cognitive and behavioral disorders?

• Huntington Disease

• Neurofibromatosis

• ALS

• Multiple Sclerosis

Which nervous system disease results from the immune system attacking and damaging the central nervous system?

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Multiple Sclerosis

Identify the disorder: symptoms include...

• ALS

• Multiple Sclerosis

• Alzheimer's Disease

• Bell's Palsy

A group of brain disorders characterized by repeated seizures over time

• epilepsy

• dementia

• meningitis

• cerebral palsy

Symptoms include: Tremor and Shuffling gait

• Parkinson's Disease

• Cushing's syndrome

• Polio

• Aphasia

Which nervous system disorder involves uncontrolled electrical activity within his brain?

• Parkinson's disease

• polio

• epilepsy

• meningitis

The abbreviation for a short-term, mini stroke is called:

• TIA

• PET

• EEG

• CVA

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. This damage interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other.

• True

• False

Parkinson's disease involves

• the death of nerve cells that produce the vital neurotransmitter of dopamine

• impaired function in the right hemisphere only

• impaired function in the left hemisphere only

• excess production of the neurotransmitters dopamine and acetylcholine

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Which of these did we NOT talk about today in class?

• Alzheimer's

• Parkinson's

• MS

• Epilepsy