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Positive Babinski Reflex with dorsiflexion of the big toe after stroking the sole of the foot.
This
Positive Babinski ... Reflex with dorsiflexion ... extensor response is normal ... #Reflex #Upgoing ... #PhysicalExam #Primitive
Primitive Suck, Rooting Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 
The normal response to stroking the lateral aspect
Primitive Suck, ... Rooting Reflex on ... going toes or “Babinski ... sign” is normal ... Suck #Rooting #Primitive
Plantar Reflex on Newborn Physical Exam 
The normal response to stroking the lateral aspect of the
Physical Exam The normal ... going toes or “Babinski ... sign” is normal ... Plantar #Pyramidal #Primitive ... #Babinski #Reflex
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Unresponsive wakefulness syndrome ... • Locked-in syndrome ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... etiology of coma Abnormal ... decortication), abnormal
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
mutations - Down syndrome ... myoclonic seizure, primitive ... reflexes, incontinence ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... leg reflexes) ... #CaudaEquina #Syndrome ... #MSK #pathophysiology
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 ... Decreased / Absent Reflexes ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... CSF PROTEIN - NORMAL
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... depressed deep tendon reflexes ... protein with a normal ... the underlying pathophysiology ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome