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Case 1 Mr. Livingston is a 39 year-old African-American male who has been brought into your neurology clinic by his wife. She has become increasingly alarmed regarding her husband's health over the past four months. Upon of a CT scan, it is determined that Mr. Livingston's condition is the result of the presence of two tumors that have developed within his brain. Using patient history information listed below and the information from class and your textbook, determine where these two tumors are probably located. - ANSWER_the hypothalamus and cerebellum At 1:30 am you (a trauma surgeon) are called for emergency surgery on a 17 year old Caucasian female that was shot in the head during a drive-by

shooting. After a tedious surgery, the patient remarkably remains alive and doing reasonably well. The bullet traveled completely through the skull leaving a path of destroyed tissue behind it. You have decided to speak with parents about noticeable changes will occur in their daughter due to the destruction of neural tissue. Based on the information below, determine the approximate path the bullet traveled (i.e., what structures were damaged - keep in mind that it is possible for fragmenting and ricocheting of the bullet resulting in somewhat unlikely combinations of areas effected). - ANSWER_Hypothalamus cerebellum occipital lobe auditory cortex You are a pathologist in a large Northwestern city. You are conducting an autopsy on an 83 year old male who was found dead in his home with no

baseman=occipital lobe (visual cortex) runner = cerebellum right fielder = temporal lobe coach = pons or hypothalamus Kevin was shot in the________________ ,his heart had stopped beating and he could not control breathing, he was pronounced dead on arrival. - ANSWER_medulla When the police officer asks you to step out of the car and walk a straight line for a sobriety test, he is testing to see if alcohol has reached your_________________. - ANSWER_cerebellum When a boxer is knocked out, it is believed that his ________________ has been affected. If the ________________ was damaged, all sensory information would be misdirected to the wrong

brain parts. - ANSWER_thalamus Mike gained 50 pounds in one month. There was damage found in his________________ - ANSWER_hypothalamus Charles Whitman was called the Texas Watchtower murderer. He was a student who went to Texas University in the late 60's. One day for unexplained reasons, he climbed the watchtower in the middle of the campus and began randomly shooting people. He had to be killed. Upon autopsy, it was found that there was evidence of abnormal activity in his ________________ - ANSWER_amygdala Tom was a man who accidentally had a metal pole shot through his ________________. After the accident, he was never quite the same man, he had great difficulty acting in a socially appropriate

Rip Van Winkle was a man who slept for 20 years. Upon autopsy, it was found that there was structural damage to his _______________. - ANSWER_pons What are glial cells? - ANSWER_the metabolic and structural support cells for the nerve cells. In general the nerve cells do not divide after birth, for example, in the outer layers of your brain you do not get new nerve cells after you are born. -They play an active role in establishing and maintaining the fundamental patterns of neuron circuits. -They produce growth and trophic factors, playing a key role in regeneration and plasticity. -Some play an active role in the formation of myelin which speeds impulse conduction. Myelinated fibers conduct more rapidly than unmyelinated fibers. -Some glial cells respond to rapid repair of myelin in

demyelinating diseases such as MS and ALS. -Glial cells play a crucial role in immunological responses to various infections and toxic agents. -Glial cells increase in number when nerve cells grow with enrichment.