By: Dr. Mudassar Ali Roomi
1. Classification of neurotransmitters2. Properties of synapses
3. Classification of sensory receptors
4. Stretch (myotatic) reflex and its importance
5. Inverse stretch reflex
6. dorsal column medial lemniscal system
7. Anterolateral system.
8. Corticospinal tract, extrapyramidal system
9. Differences b/w Upper and lower motor neuron lesions
10. Slow and fast pain pathways
11. Analgesia system
12. Photochemistry of vision
13. Light and dark adaptation
14. Visual pathway and its lesions
15. Attenuation reflex, impedance matching, auditory pathway
16. Mechanism of action of hormones
17. GH, Thyroid hormones, insulin, cortisol in detail
18. Cushing syndrome, Graves disease, Acromegaly, diabetes, congenital adrenal hyperplasia
19. Functions of cerebellum, limbic system and hypothalamus (along with nuclei)
20. Features of cerebellar disease
21. EEG waves and SLEEP (phases of sleep, difference b/w REM and non-REM types OF SLEEP), EPILEPSY (Grand Mal, and Petit Mal epilepsy)
22. Autonomic nervous system: receptors and effects of stimulation of sympathetic and parasympathetic System.
23. Basal ganglia: Putamen and Caudate circutes, Clinical Syndromes Resulting from Damage to the Basal Ganglia
24. Memory: types and mechanism of development of short term and long term memory.
25. Factors affecting GFR, Juxtaglomerular apparatus and its function
26. Countercurrent multiplier and exchange mechanism, mechanism of formation of concentrated and dilute urine
27. Role of kidney in maintenance of pH, metabolic acidosis, anion gap
28. Functions of kidney, causes of edema, difference b/w cortical and juxtamedullary nephrons
29. Summary of renal regulation of potassium and sodium
