Neuroscience/Cerebrovascular disease

Objectives

When presented with a list of physiological factors, students should be able to indicate those that have an effect on cerebral blood flow and what that effect is.
When asked, students should be able to list the risk factors for stroke, and be able to indicate the treatment, if any, for each.
When presented with a history and physical examination, students should be able to recognize the syndromes of TIA, be able to localize the part of the brain involved (including the retina), and be able to give a differential of TIA mimics.
When presented with a patient who has had a TIA, the student should be able to outline an initial diagnostic and therapeutic plan for this individual.
When presented with a history and the results of a physical examination, students should be able to differentiate, on clinical grounds, between strokes caused by ischemia and one caused by intercerebral hemorrhage, and indicate how this clinical impression can be confirmed.