30 Neuropsychiatry – 2
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| 1. Alexia without agraphia occurs in anterior cerebral artery lesions. |  |
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| 2. Patients with Broca’s aphasia use short phrases. |  |
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| 3. Pathological blushing is also known as Binswanger’s disease. |  |
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| 4. The EEG is normal in 20–40% of people in the very early stages of CJD. |  |
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| 5. CJD can cause dementia with myoclonus. |  |
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| 6. Alpha waves on the EEG are maximal over the frontal region. |  |
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| 7. The EEG during epileptic automatisms typically shows 8–14-Hz spikes. |  |
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| 8. Flexibilitas cereas can occur after encephalitis. |  |
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| 9. Exons are excluded during splicing. |  |
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| 10. Polymerase chain reaction requires a thermostable DNA polymerase. |  |
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| 11. Disinhibition is a common long-term consequence of a penetrating parietal lobe injury. |  |
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| 12. ‘AIDS panic’ is a recognized symptom in seronegative individuals. |  |
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| 13. AIDS patients with euphoria have a poorer prognosis. |  |
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| 14. Anticipation phenomenon occurs in Huntington’s disease. |  |
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| 15. In Alzheimer’s disease the memory degradation curve starts off gradually and then becomes progressively steeper. |  |
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| 16. Cognitive impairment is a feature of longstanding multiple sclerosis. |  |
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| 17. Narcolepsy with cataplexy occurs in 3 per 10 000 of the population. |  |
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| 18. Parietal lobe damage causes nominal aphasia. |  |
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| 19. Pathological laughing and crying occurs in response to specific stimuli. |  |
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| 20. In prosopagnosia, the patient can recognize individuals only from non-facial characteristics. |  |
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| 21. In systemic lupus erythematosis, depression has slow onset. |  |
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| 22. Hypersomnia with apnoea is commonest between ages 40 and 60 years. |  |
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| 23. In adults, night terrors can be related to relationship difficulties. |  |
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| 24. Nominal aphasia occurs in non-dominant temporal lobe lesions. |  |
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| 25. Pimozide is markedly superior to haloperidol in treating motor tics in Tourette syndrome. |  |
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