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Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Dermatomes and Myotomes ... Motor Function ... Erb's Palsy is caused ... Extremity #Dermatomes #Myotomes ... neurology #sensory #motor
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Dermatomes and Myotomes ... Commonly caused ... Extremity #Dermatomes #Myotomes ... neurology #sensory #motor
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Alzheimer's (99% of cases ... Alzheimer's (1% of cases ... chromosome 21) Signs / Symptoms ... concentration • Motor ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
Schizophrenia: Pathogenesis and Symptoms
Increased dopaminergic transmission in mesolimbic projection
-> Dopaminergic neurons here project into the limbic
Pathogenesis and Symptoms ... is thought to cause ... the Positive Symptoms ... Grossly disorganized motor ... is thought to cause
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Causes of spinal ... Weakness - Lower motor ... neuron symptoms ... lesion - Upper motor ... neuron symptoms
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
have either 26 symptoms ... Hyperactivity-Impulsivity or >6 symptoms ... 2 settings - Symptoms ... if "driven by a motor ... their turn • Causes
Stages of Migraine
 • Prodromal or Premonitory Phase (1-2 days): Fatigue, Yawning, Food cravings, Pallor, Nausea,
cravings, Pallor, Nausea ... speech, Retinal, Motor ... days/weeks): No symptoms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
- Disease of motor ... - Causes progressive ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... release-reduces damage to motor ... nerve cells and motor
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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present in 15% of cases ... CD4 Variable • Symptoms ... disorders • Symptoms ... Demyelinating disease caused ... : AMS, motor deficits
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
Extrapyramidal Symptoms ... , and/or limbs caused ... Akathisia - Feeling of motor