Spring into Neurology
Across
- 2. A movement disorder characterized by chorea and psychiatric decline, inherited in autosomal dominant fashion
- 5. Diagnostic test used to confirm multiple sclerosis (abbreviated)
- 6. Drug class used for acute migraine relief
- 9. Key neurotransmitter decreased in Alzheimer’s disease
- 12. Antiepileptic medication used as first-line treatment for generalized tonic-clonic and partial seizures
- 14. Most common cause of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage
- 15. Corticosteroid used to treat acute multiple sclerosis exacerbations
- 17. Classic presenting symptom of temporal arteritis
Down
- 1. Clinical triad of ataxia, ophthalmoplegia, and confusion in alcoholics
- 3. Disease characterized by ascending paralysis and areflexia after viral illness
- 4. Imaging modality most sensitive for detecting acute ischemic stroke
- 7. Most common cause of adult-onset seizures
- 8. Sudden, transient neurologic deficit lasting less than 24 hours
- 10. Emergency treatment to reverse status epilepticus (first-line medication)
- 11. Autoimmune disorder affecting neuromuscular junction, causing fatigable weakness
- 13. First-line pharmacologic treatment for Parkinson’s disease
- 16. Sudden, severe headache often described as “the worst headache of my life”