MATH 246 Quiz: Quiz 8 Solutions Spring 2008
14 Mar 2019
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D iseases and d isorders of the n er v o u s s y stem. 1: several methods allow a physician to diagnose neurological diseases. Ct"s are relatively simple and expensive available in every emergency room. Magnet and detectors for mr are expensive and relatively hard to operate: identify one neurological condition that is significantly easier to detect with mri than with. Requires 7t magnet and those bad boys are rare: describe the uses of pet scans in neurological diagnoses. Be sure to indicate how pet can be used to diagnose alzheimer"s disease. Pet can be used to directly detect oxygen and glucose consumption and to detect relative levels of neurotransmitter receptors. Detection of uptake of labeled amyloid precursor can be used to assess density of amyloid plaques. Heart transplants require two things: dead people and healthy hearts. Neural crests: identify four types of adult cells generated by the progenitors you named in (a).
