Quiz: When it’s not the cord

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You are presented with a 4-year-old female German Shepherd dog with nonambulatory tetraparesis, markedly reduced tone in all four limbs, absent patellar reflexes bilaterally, absent withdrawal reflexes in all four limbs, intact nociception x 4, and no neck or back pain. Test your neuro skills with these quiz questions related to this case.

Quiz: Anticonvulsants

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This week's Wednesday Quiz Day is about anticonvulsants. Click on post title to test your neuro skills.

Term: Myelopathy

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Myelopathy is any disease or dysfunction of the spinal cord...Click on post title to read more about this term.

COTM: Unexpected find during annual PE

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The May case of the month is a 9yr FS Papillon with an unexpected finding during an annual physical exam.

Quiz: Vertebral anatomy

Test your neuro skills! Can you identify the numbered structures in this MRI image?

NADX? Post dental neuro signs

An 8-year-old spayed female Yorkshire terrier develops progressive neurological signs after a routine dental prophylaxis with tooth extractions. Test your localization skills.

Quiz: MRI Dx and other questions

This week's quiz centers around the diagnosis of a dog with low back pain and other signs. Click on post title to take the quiz.

Term: Hemilaminectomy

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The word hemilaminectomy can be divided into its component parts to easily derive the definition...click on post title to read more!

Quiz: Abnormal body posture in down dog

This week's quiz concerns a dog with an abnormal posture after an acute onset of paraplegia that occur after jumping up to catch a Frisbee.

Facial & vestibular neuropathy of unknown origin

The goals of this study were to describe the clinical details, imaging findings, CSF analysis results, and long-term follow-up of dogs with facial paralysis (FP) and peripheral vestibular neuropathy of unknown origin (FVNUO).

Quiz: Wink, wink!

Today's quiz is about the palpebral reflex. Click on post title to test your knowledge.

COTM: Nonambulatory mixed breed

April's case of the month is a 7yr FS mix breed dog that was presented for inability to walk on all four limbs. Click on post title to work through the case.