Spring into Neurology

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