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1. What is the best Vitamin D blood level for normal sleep?
a 10-40 ng/ml
b 20-50 ng/ml
c 30-100 ng /ml
d 60-80 ng/ml
2. Vitamin D blood levels are reported in which units?
a milligrams
b milliliters
c International Units
d ng/ml ( nanograms/ml) or (nmol/liter in countries other than the U.S.)
3. In the continental U.S. what months can we make vitamin D on our skin?
a January through May
b May through October
c October through February
4. What units do vitamin D tablets come in ?
a grams
b milligrams
c International Units
d ng/ml
5.Its better to take a big dose of vitamin D daily than to worry about what the blood level is.
a true
b false
6. Vitamin D is considered by some to be a “hormone” and others a “vitamin”.
a true
b false
7. Vitamin D 2 which is prescribed in 50,000 IU pills is the same as vitamin D3 which is over the counter.
a true
b false
8. Nocturnal animals that are not in the sun use vitamin D2 made from fungus that grows on food to fill their vitamin D needs.
a true
b false
9. Animals that are awake during the day all make vitamin D3 on their skin from sun exposure.
a true
b false
10. What nucleus of the brain stem is thought to be spontaneously activated by the migraine gene mutations?
a trigeminal nucleus caudalis
b dorsal horn for C2-C4
c both
11. Migraines are genetically linked to
a Calcium channel mutations
b Magnesium channel mutations
c Sodium channel mutations
d a and c
12. Women who wake with a headache every morning are just whiny and want attention.
a true
b false
13. Women with daily headache often have other medical complaints such as:
a irritable bowel syndrome
b painful periods
c polycystic ovarian syndrome
d sleep disorders
e all of the above
14. The astrocytes are cells in the brain that play baseball in Houston, Texas
a true
b false
15. The astrocycte neurovascular unit
a connects chemical messages from the blood stream to neuronal receptors in the brain
b makes up the blood brain barrier
c explains the parallel observation of spreading electrical and blood flow changes observed in migraine
d is probably where the migraine channel mutations are expressed
e all of the above
16. Migraine sufferers have headache because they “just can’t deal with stress”
a true
b false
17. Sleep disorders and migraine frequency are linked in people who carry migraine gene mutations
a true
b false