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1. thrombotic occlusion 2. embolic occlusion 3. vascular rupture   3 processes of cerebrovascular diseases  
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functional hypoxia   low partial pressure of O2, impaired O2 carrying capacity are some examples of this  
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ischemia   result of tissue hypo perfusion caused by hypotension and vascular obstruction; form of hypoxia  
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global cerebral ischemia   widespread ischemic injury with generalized reduction of cerebral perfusion below 50 mm Hg pressure  
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focal cerebral ischemia   due to a cerebral occlusion that causes focal ischemia -{embolic infarcts are the most common}  
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paradoxical emboli   embolus from venous circulation crosses to arterial through atrial or ventricular septal defect  
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cerebral infarcts   most commonly in areas supplied by the middle cerebral artery  
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transient ischemic attack (TIA)   precedes a cerebral infarct, neurologic dysfunction caused by self-limited episodes of obstruction  
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primary brain parenchymal hemorrhage   spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhages; hypertension is underlying cause  
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subarachnoid hemorrhage and saccular aneurysms   acute increases in intracranial pressure; can cause a rupture of a saccular (berry) aneurysm  
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chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)   trauma associated with degeneration of the brain; in NFL players  
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contusions   brain hits skull during head injury; rapid tissue displacement and hemorrhage  
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diffuse axonal injury   widespread injury to axons in brain due to movement of one area of the brain relative to another  
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concussion   reversible altered consciousness from head injury in absence of contusion; transient neurologic issues  
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epidural hematoma   middle meningeal artery vulnerable to injury; neurosurgical emergency  
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subdural hematoma   between dura and brain; in babies and old people  
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epidural abscesses   adjacent to site of infection, forms pus in a new cavity  
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subdural empyema   infections in skull or sinuses, can spread and form pus in a normal cavity  
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meningitis (leptomeningitis)   inflammatory process of leptomeninges in subarachnoid space; called {meningoencephalitis} if it goes to brain  
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acute pyogenic meningitis (bacterial meningitis)   smear can be cultured from CSF; patients show signs of systemic infection  
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aseptic meningitis   infection of mycobacteria or spirochetes  
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neurosyphilis   tertiary stage of disease, loss of mental and physical functions -paretic syphilis- invasion to brain  
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tabes dorsalis   wasting of peripheral nerves in dorsal root so impaired proprioception  
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Charcot joints   loss of pain sensation leading to skin and joint damage in tertiary syphilis  
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brain abscesses   almost always bacterial infection; destructive lesions  
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viral encephalitis   almost always associated with the meninges so aka {meningoencephalitis}  
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progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy   caused by JC virus in AIDS patients; demyelinates oligodendrites  
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prion disease (spongiform encephalopathies)   microscopic vacuolation in neurons; abnormal forms of prion protein  
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scapie   prion disease in sheep  
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bovine spongiform encephalopathy   prion disease in cattle  
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease   rare prion disease of rapid dementia in people over 70  
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variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease   aka 'Mad Cow Disease'; acquired in younger people from BSE  
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demyelinating diseases   normal myelin is broken down; includes MS and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy  
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multiple sclerosis (MS)   autoimmune demyelinating disease; unilateral visual impairment is often first sign  
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dysmyelinating diseases   metabolic disorders of abnormal myelin aka {leukodystrophy}  
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leukodystrophies   inherited diseases of mutations of normal myelin formation or turnover  
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thiamine deficiency   causes Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome  
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Wernicke encephalopathy   confusion, eye movements, and ataxia; thiamine deficiency  
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Korsakoff syndrome   thiamine deficiency that progresses to this irreversible condition, memory disturbances  
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome   thiamine deficiency in alcoholics  
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Vitamin B12 deficiency   leads to {pernicious anemia} and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord  
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dementia   development of memory impairment and cognitive deficits, decreasing functional ability  
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Alzheimer disease   most common cause of dementia in elderly  
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beta amyloid   peptide that accumulates in brain, initiates chain of events that results in AD  
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tau   hyperphosphorylated by beta amyloid; redistributes and forms tangles  
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plaques   extracellular lesion of AD  
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neurofibrillary tangles   intracellular lesion of AD  
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Parkinson Disease   masked facies, stooped posture, slow movement and tremor; damage to dopaminergic neurons  
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Lewy body   diagnostic of Parkinson Disease; inclusion of alpha-synuclein for synaptic transmission  
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Huntington Disease   auto-dominantly inherited disease, jerky movements and dementia; trinucleotide repeat in Huntington gene  
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)   death of low motor neurons in spinal cord and upper motor neurons in cortex; superoxide dismutase mutation -death by respiratory infection  
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glioma   tumors of brain parenchyma that resemble glial cells  
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astrocytoma   most common group of primary CNS tumors  
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medulloblastomas   in children and in cerebellum, highly malignant; kids with Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma  
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meningioma   benign adult tumors, usually attached to dura  
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tuberous sclerosis   auto-dominantly inherited syndrome of hamartomas (tubers) that cause seizures  
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Von Hippel Lindau Disease   auto-dominantly inherited disorder of hemangioblastomas on CNS structures; can develop renal cell carcinoma  
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