Question
Answer the following about the relationship between a particular physiologic state and neurodegeneration, for 10 points each.
[10e] Disruption of the slow wave stage of this state is associated with increased CSF amyloid beta, suggesting a relationship between this state and Alzheimer’s. Growth hormone is secreted primarily during this state.
ANSWER: sleep [accept slow wave sleep; accept deep sleep]
[10m] Kang et al. found that infusion of almorexant, a dual receptor antagonist of this wakefulness hormone, reduced plaque burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s. Decreased levels of this hormone are associated with narcolepsy.
ANSWER: orexin [or hypocretin]
[10h] In another example of the relationship between sleep and neurodegeneration, Parkinson’s patients will prodromally exhibit this parasomnia, in which they experience vivid nightmares and act out their dreams.
ANSWER: REM sleep behavior disorder [or RBD; or RSBD; or rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder]
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Summary
| 2024 ESPN @ Brown | 04/06/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Cambridge | 04/06/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Chicago | 03/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Columbia | 03/23/2024 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 86% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Duke | 03/23/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 33% | 33% |
Data
| 1.g4 Test Mixture | JinAh and Jordan from Wikiquiz | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Let's Fighting Love | mnemonists | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NJ TRANSit (and bobby i guess) | protobowling for soup | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| The Aum-Wein Drinchard by Amogh Tutuola | Sandmännchen im Helikopter | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| boy's jitches (ft. DMA) | Parden the Interruption | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Naocissus and Geoldmond by Hermandrew Hesse | bruh | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| chamPAIN and cornHELL in Columbia | JJaryland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |