A 73 year old female had a stroke recently.  She now suffers from a triad of visuospatial defects including simultaneous agnosia, optic ataxia, and ocular apraxia.  Where was the stroke?

Why is the axon hillock the primary site of action potential initiation?

When stereocilia move in the direction of the tallest stereocilium in the cochlea, what happens to the hair cell?

Besides the motor nuclei of cranial nerves, where are the cell bodies of the lower motor neurons located?

Damage to which lobe leads to agnosia for faces and objects?

A 5 year old male presents to the OT clinic for evaluation and treatment of a choroid plexus tumor causing hydrocephalus (buildup of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain). What other structure may be compromised by this tumor?

Released with reward, which neurotransmitter is implicated in the development of addiction?

A 36 year old female is hit by a semi while riding a motorcycle.  She is thrown 20 feet off the bike.  An emergent MRI reveals a laceration of a spinal cord at the L4 spinal cord segment.  Despite the injury, which of the following structures would most likely remain intact?

What structure is considered the sensory relay center for the cerebral cortex?

Neural crest cells are located posterolateral to the neural tube.  These migrating neural crest cells eventually form which of the following?