A 75-Year-Old Man Is Brought to the Emergency Department After

question 104

Multiple Choice

A 75-year-old man is brought to the emergency department after he was found unresponsive at home.  The patient has a history of poorly controlled hypertension.  Blood pressure is 240/120 mm Hg and pulse is 104 /min.  He has extensor posturing and pinpoint pupils.  CT scan of the head without contrast reveals an acute pontine hemorrhage with associated mass effect.  The patient dies several hours later.  Autopsy reveals disruption of all pigmented neurons in the posterior rostral pons at the lateral floor of the fourth ventricle.  These neurons normally produce which of the following?

• A)Dopamine
• B)Dynorphin
• C)Epinephrine
• D)Histamine
• E)Norepinephrine
• F)Orexin
• G)Oxytocin
• H)Vasopressin

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