FINAL EXAM NATIONAL BOARD OF EXAMINATIONS
JUNE 2018

POSSESSION/USE OF CELL PHONES OR ANY SUCH ELECTRONIC GADGETS IS NOT PERMITTED INSIDE THE EXAMINATION HALL.
NEUROLOGY
PAPER-I
NEURO/J/18/23/I
Time: 3 hours
Max. Marks:100
Important Instructions:
Attempt all questions in order.
Each question carries 10 marks.
Read the question carefully and answer to the point neatly and legibly.
Do not leave any blank pages between two answers.
Indicate the question number correctly for the answer in the margin space.
Answer all the parts of a single question together.
Start the question to a question on a fresh page or leave adequate space between two answers.
Draw table/diagrams/flowcharts wherever appropriate.
Write short notes on:

1. Autonomic nervous system
10
2. Trigemino-vascular system and its role in migraine.
10
3. Cerebral autoregulation
10
4. Alpha-gamma loop in the control of muscle tone
10
5. Blood supply of thalamus and the vascular syndromes
associated with it.
10
6. The gait cycle 10
7. Anatomy of cerebral sino-venous circulation.
Clinical and radiological features of cerebral deep venous
occlusion.
5+5
8. CSF flow dynamics
10
9. "Student t test" and "Chi-square test" 10
10. Basal ganglia and their connections.
10