Cognitive Disorders: Seizures, Parkinsons, Aphsia

A brain disorder marked by repeated seizures over time.

• Epilepsy

• Extrapyramidal symptoms

• Bradykinesia

A seizure is a set of clinical symptoms associated with abnormal ________________ activity in neurons in the cortex of the brain.

• oxygen

• physical

• mechanical

• electrical

__________________ is a clinical condition in which there are multiple seizures that are unprovoked.

• Stroke

• Epilepsy

• Cardiac arrest

• Transient ischaemic attack

The diagram shows the ____________________ of seizure.

• first aid

• etiology

• diagnosis

• prognosis

All of these are symptoms of a seizure EXCEPT...

• Muscle stiffness

• Uncontrollable jerking

• Cold sweats

• Loss of consciousness

The most dramatic type of seizure is ...

• Absence

• Tonic-clonic

• Clonic

• Atonic

Epilepsy is ....

• Having two or more seizures

• Caused by trauma to the peripheral nervous system.

• A tendency to having recurrent seizure

• All of the above

What causes Parkinson's disease

• low calcium level

• low dopamine level

• high level of dopamine

• high level of calcium

Who is the famous actor who funded a a well-known foundation to find a cure for Parkinson's disease?

• Elvis Presley

• Michael Jordan

• Michael J. Fox

• Muhammad Ali

Which of the following symptoms would lead to a diagnosis of Parkinson disease?

• Tremor

• Rigidity

• Postural instability

• All of the above