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Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Mechanisms and Side Effects
 • Serotonin Syndrome:
   - Autonomic Hyperactivity:
Selective Serotonin ... Syndrome: - ... SSRI Withdrawal Syndrome ... #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors(SNRIs): Mechanisms and Side Effects

Withdrawal: Dizziness, Diarrhea, Insomnia, Nausea, Vomiting
Serotonin Syndrome - Potentially Life
Serotonin-Norepinephrine ... Nausea, Vomiting Serotonin ... Syndrome - Potentially ... SerotoninNorepinephrine #Inhibitors #Pathophysiology ... #SideEffects #Psychiatry
Benzodiazepines: Mechanism of Action and Side Effects
 • Decr spinal cord activity -> Muscle relaxant
Decr cerebral cortex ... confusion - Ataxia ... Benzodiazepines #Psychiatry ... #Pharmacology #pathophysiology
Anticonvulsants as Mood Stabilizers: Mechanism and Side-effect
Examples: Valproate, Carbamazepine, Lamotrigine
 • Mild anticholinergic effect -> Drowsiness
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome ... Dose-dependent tremor, ataxia ... dizziness, diplopia, ataxia ... #SideEffects #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Pharmacology
Wolfram syndrome (WS) is a form of monogenic diabetes that typically presents with diabetes mellitus in
Wolfram syndrome ... 4], cerebellar ataxia ... neuropathy, dementia, psychiatric ... WOLFRAMSYNDROME #SUMMARY #ENDOCRINOLOGY
Alexia Without Agraphia
Alexia without agraphia is a disconnection syndrome where patients cannot read but can write.
Alexia without ... disconnection syndrome ... Pathophysiology: ... non-dominant visual cortex ... neurology #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
into the cerebral cortex ... flattening • alogia ... Schizophrenia #pathophysiology ... symptoms #signs #psychiatry
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... cardiomyopathy, Horner ... syndrome, Sudden ... Opthaloplegia • Ataxia
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
Serotonin Syndrome ... Clinical Findings Serotonin ... Syndrome: Variable ... #Syndrome #Pathophysiology ... #Psychiatry #Diagnosis