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Neuro 2 Challenge!

Please complete with a friend and submit a copy to Dr. Law-Ham by Friday, July 12th.
Across
Antibodies over-produced by the Thymus gland that causes MG.
Asymmetric, progressive degeneration of the motor neurons leading to severe fatigue and muscle atrophy due to overstimulation of glutamate (abrev.).
Patho: progressive immune demyelination resulting in different patterns of motor, sensory, cerebellar, bowel/bladder, emotional, and sexual dysfunction (abrev.).
Drug used to enhance the duration of carbidopa/levodopa; a COM inhibitor, for short.
Peripheral acetylcholinesterase inhibitor central to the treatment of MG.
Immunotherapy used to quickly reverse an acute exacerbation of MG or GBS (abrev.).
Corticosteroid medication used for many autoimmune exacerbations including MS and MG.
Patho: Autoimmune disease where the body produces anti-AcH antibodies resulting in profound fatigue and severe muscle weakness (abrev.).
A life-threatening idiosyncratic reaction to antipsychotic drugs characterized by fever, altered mental status, muscle rigidity, and autonomic dysfunction; associated with a variety of other medications that affect central dopaminergic neurotransmission. (Abrev.)
Progressive, neurodegenerative disease of the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex caused by an abnormality of the gene on chromosome 4 (abrev.).
Drug used to deplete monoamine oxidase which in turn diminishes dopamine transmission and reduces choreiform movements in HD; can cause neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS).
Drug that slows the progression of of ALS by blocking the action of glutamate.
Central acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used for cognitive impairment in MS and Alzheimer's disease.
Muscle relaxer used for spasticity in MS, HD, and other neurological disorders.
Drug that reduces muscular contraction by acting as an antagonist to the ryanodine receptor and inhibiting Ca+ release into the muscles.
Down
A procedure used as an alternative to immunoglobulin therapy that clears damaging antibodies in acute exacerbations of MG or GBS.
Dopamine precursor; the primary drug used for PD treatment (two words, no spaces).
A slowly progressive neurological movement disorder caused by a lack of dopamine and imbalance between dopamine and AcH (abrev.).
Nonergot dopamine agonist that helps reduce motor symptoms of PD.
Patho: sudden autoimmune attack of the peripheral myelin resulting in rapid ascending paralysis (abrev.).
Movements specific to HD that involve repetitive and rapid, jerky, involuntary movement that appears to be well-coordinated.
Pattern of paralysis progression in GBS.
Administered IV to assess for MG; Tensilon test.
Virus responsible for development of Bell's Palsy (abrev.).
Uncontrolled, involuntary movement
Anticholinergic medication used in MS when clients "gotta go, gotta go."
#1 clinical manifestation (and nursing prioirity) for a client with Trigeminal Neuralgia.
New antioxidant drug used to fight oxidative stress on the neurons in ALS
Symptoms include acute dyskinesias and dystonic reactions, tardive dyskinesia, Parkinsonism, akinesia, akathisia, and neuroleptic malignant syndrome (abrev.)..