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What can cause intracerebral hemorrhage?
What can cause intracerebral hemorrhage?
- Low blood sugar
- Hypertension (correct)
- High cholesterol
- Obesity
What is the result of an embolism?
What is the result of an embolism?
- Hardening and thickening of arteries
- Formation of a plug at the site
- Narrowing of the lumen
- Lodging in a smaller vessel (correct)
What is the role of glutamate in ischemic brain damage?
What is the role of glutamate in ischemic brain damage?
- Inhibition of glutamate release
- Excessive release of glutamate when blood vessels are blocked (correct)
- Absence of glutamate in affected neurons
- Glutamate breakdown in the bloodstream
What can cause subarachnoid hemorrhage?
What can cause subarachnoid hemorrhage?
What does arteriosclerosis lead to?
What does arteriosclerosis lead to?
What type of seizure is characterized by complex psychological phenomena and often originates in the temporal lobes?
What type of seizure is characterized by complex psychological phenomena and often originates in the temporal lobes?
Which type of seizure involves convulsions, loss of consciousness, equilibrium, and can lead to hypoxia?
Which type of seizure involves convulsions, loss of consciousness, equilibrium, and can lead to hypoxia?
Which type of seizure is more common in children and is characterized by a disruption of consciousness and a vacant look with fluttering eyelids?
Which type of seizure is more common in children and is characterized by a disruption of consciousness and a vacant look with fluttering eyelids?
Which type of seizure involves mostly sensory or motor symptoms, and may be known as 'Jacksonian seizures'?
Which type of seizure involves mostly sensory or motor symptoms, and may be known as 'Jacksonian seizures'?
In which type of seizure do focal discharges spread to the entire brain, and it may begin in the thalamus?
In which type of seizure do focal discharges spread to the entire brain, and it may begin in the thalamus?
