Questions on CNS Disorders

1. Questions CNS Disorders
Presented By Miss Sudipta Roy
Designation : Associate Professor
East Point College Of Pharmacy , Bangalore

2. • 1. What is the underlying cause of epileptic
seizures?
• a) Barometric Pressure
• b) Congential defects
• c) Abnormal electrical activity in the brain
• d) Allergies

3. • Which of the following is the most commonly known
cause of epilepsy in young adults ?
• a. Stroke
• b. Head trauma
• c) Tumors
• d) Infection
• 3. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder which shows the
unpredictable occurrences of :
• a) Muscle Weakness
• b) Fever
• c) Forget fullness
• d) Seizures

4. 4.Degeneration of dopaminergic neurons causes:
a. Alzheimer's Diseae
b. Depression
c. Stroke
d. Parkinson's Disease
5. A chronic neurodegenarative disease which is
characterized by difficulty in remembering recent events
is called-
a. Depression
b. Epilepsy
c. Alzheimer's Disease
d. Parkinson's Disease

5. • A chronic neurodegenerative diseae which is characterised
by difficulty in remembering recent events is called -
• a. Depression
• b. Epilepsy
• c. Alzheimer's Disease
• d. Parkinson's Disease
• 7. During -----electric discharges originate at small area of
brain and spread to entire brain :
• a. Generalized epilepsy
• b. Pettitmal epilepsy
• c. Abscence Seizures
• Atonic Seizures

6. • 8. What is anothe name of stroke ?
• a. Heart Attack
• b. Brain Attack
• c. Myocardial infarction
• d. None of the above
• 9. What is stroke ?
• a. Blocked blood vessel in the brain
• b. Bleeding in the brain from a blood vessel
• c. Loss of oxygen to part of the brain
• d. All of the above

7. • 10. What is the most common treatment for stroke
?
• a) Shock Therapy
• b) Aerobic exercise
• c) Potassium
• d) Blood thinner medicines
• 11. Warning signs of stroke can also include :
• a) Trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• b) Weakness , numbness or paralysis
• c) Severe headaches with no known cause

8. • 12. What causes migraine ?
• a) Genetics
• b) Tumors
• c) Viruses
• d) Allergies
• 13. What are common migraine triggers?
• a) Caffeine
• b) Whether changes
• c) Smoking
• d) Scheduled changes

9. • 14. What are the symptoms of migraine ?
• a) Throbbing Headache
• b) Nausea and Vomiting
• c) Aura
• d) All of the above
• 15. What types of medicines treat migraine ?
• a) Steroids
• b) Triptans
• c) Antibiotics
• d) Antihypertensives
• 16. What is the trigeminal Nerves?
• a) The 5th cranial nerve
• b) The main nerve of the face
• c) A nerve responsible for facial or cranial sensations like pain
• d)All of the above

10. Answer
• 1.c, 2.b,3.d,4.a,5.d,6.c,7.a,8.b,9.d,10.d,12.a,
13.b,14.d,15.b,16.d

11. Short Answer questions.
• What is epilepsy? Give symptoms of epilepsy.
• Define Alzheimer's Disease.
• Define seizures.
• Write a short note on migraine triggers.
• Explain different types of strokes.
• What is dementia?

12. Long Answer Questions.
• Write a detail account on Parkinson's Disease,
Stroke , Migraine , Epilepsy , Alzheimer's Disease.
• Explain pathophysiology of and etiology of epilepsy
.
• Write a detail account on Alzheimer's disease.
• Write a note on stroke.
• Explain four phases of migraine.