At Age 33, Kate Adamson Had a Stroke That Resulted

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Multiple Choice

At age 33, Kate Adamson had a stroke that resulted in a locked-in syndrome, in which one moment she was fine and the next totally paralyzed and barely able to breathe. The stroke had damaged which part of Kate Adamson's brain?

• A)amygdala
• B)brainstem
• C)hippocampus
• D)thalamus

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Definitions:

Compound

A concoction formed through the chemical union of two or more elements in determined proportions.

Energy π MO

Refers to molecular orbitals formed by the overlap of pi orbitals, affecting molecular stability and reactivity, particularly in conjugated systems.

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The difference in energy between the actual structure of a molecule and the energy of the most stable resonance structure, indicating stability due to resonance.

Stability

The tendency of a chemical compound to maintain its original state or resist decomposition under specific conditions.