PSYC 676 Quiz 6
PSYC 676 Quiz 6
PSYC 676 Quiz Recovery and Rehabilitation of the Adult Brain
Covers the Learn material from Module 6: Week 6.
- Kindling has been demonstrated to occur in the:
- Teuber’s study on the long-term improvement of soldiers with brain wounds in the Korean War suggests that recovery is greatest in those soldiers who were _____ at the time of injury.
- After completing an evaluation of a patient who experienced a stroke in the left hemisphere and has possible aphasia, you have determined that some aspects of language have been spared. To what would you attribute this finding?
- reflects brain changes that are necessary to modify neuronal ensembles that are already present.
- Brain implants of fetal tissue are currently in experimental use for the treatment of:
- In the amnesic H.M., his basic IQ scores _____ with long-term follow-up exams, and his amnesia
- After a series of higher-than-normal stimulations followed by a rest period, a baseline stimulation to a neuron elicits a greater excitatory postsynaptic potential from another neuron that receives its projections. This phenomenon is known as:
- Nudo and colleagues found that the size of the area regulating the hand near where they had lesions _____ in the absence of rehabilitation.
- Which is NOT part of the sequence of recovery from motor-cortex damage over a period of days or weeks?
- A vitally important additional treatment for an aphasic receiving daily speech therapy is:
- Which of the following factors does NOT increase cell proliferation of hippocampal granule neurons?
- Teuber found, in his study of brain-damaged vets, that the poorest recovery rates were in those soldiers who suffered:
- Rabies is an example of a(n):
- The MOST benign type of brain tumor is:
- Incidence of traumatic brain injury is highest among:
- What is a general term for about 45 percent of brain tumors that result from glial cells and infiltrate the brain substance?
- The polio virus seems to have a special affinity for:
- “Cerebral vascular accident” is another term for:
- Meningitis is a type of:
- Headaches that begin with an aura lasting 20 to 40 minutes are usually classified as _____ headaches.
- The corpus callosum is particularly vulnerable to damage following:
- Which of the following events is NOT a secondary consequence of closed-head brain trauma?
- About _____ percent of the population is likely to experience at least one seizure during their lifetime.
- The MOST frequent cause(s) of cerebral hemorrhage is(are):
- Myasthenia gravis is due to an insufficiency of: