Neuropathology of Medical Disease
Across
- 5. Color of necrotic neurons as seen under the microscope
- 6. Site of neuronal injury in Korsakoff's syndrome
- 7. Bodies damaged in Wernicke's encephalopathy
- 9. Most common abnormality seen in the brains of alcoholics
- 11. Brain cell that requires the most energy
- 12. Elevated levels cause Kernicterus in preterm infants
- 14. Feared complication of brain radiotherapy
- 15. Site of structural injury of subacute combined degeneration
- 16. Primary site of brain injury in carbon monoxide poisoning (two words, plural)
- 20. Location of brain necrosis due to methanol ingestion
- 21. Element that builds up in liver and neural tissues in patients with ATP7B gene mutation
- 22. Atrophy of this cerebellar structure is common in alcoholics
- 24. Energy source required by the brain
Down
- 1. Brain structures injured in Wilson's disease (two words)
- 2. Lab test for diagnosis of Wilson's disease
- 3. Disease caused by niacin deficiency
- 4. Osmotic demyelination of the brainstem due to electrolyte correction, abbr.
- 8. Common cause of many B vitamin deficiencies
- 10. High levels result in "Alzheimer type II astrocytic change"
- 12. Severe ocular complication of methanol ingestion
- 13. Global term for deficiency of thiamine
- 17. Failure of this organ often results in encephalopathy and changes in astrocytes
- 18. Neurologic finding seen in hypoglycemia but not hypoxia
- 19. Deficiency increases risk of neural tube defects
- 23. Color of deep brain structures seen in Kernicterus