B7-037 Parkinsons Disease Flashcards
[…] control systems have no direct output
motor
(modulate outputs through cerebellum and basal ganglia via thalamus)
responsible for automatic movements (habits)
basal ganglia
responsible for feed forward systems (accuracy)
cerebellum
akinetic rigid syndrome is characterized by [3]
slowness of movement (bradykinesia)
velocity independent increased tone (rigidity)
postural instability
move too little
akinetic-rigid syndrome
parkinsonism
hypo-kinetic movement disorders
(all synonyms)
move too much
abnormal involuntary movements
hyper-kinetic movement disorders
primary clinical signs of parkinsonism [3]
bradykinesia/akinesia
rigidity
postural instability
most common cause of parkinsonism
parkinson’s
what two structures make up the striatum of the basal ganglia?
caudate
putamen
what two structures make up the lenticular nucleus of the basal ganglia?
putamen
globus pallidus
parts of the basal ganglia [5]
caudate
putamen
globus pallidus
subthalamic nucleus
substantia nigra
integrate multimodal cortical information in the context of motivational information to facilitate automatic and stereotyped behaviors
basal ganglia
(habits: walking, driving, etc)
major inputs to basal ganglia system
cortico-striate
major output of the basal ganglia
globus pallidus internus
the output from the globus pallidus internus is […] to the thalamus
inhibitory
the output from the globus pallidus internus is inhibitory to the thalamus, which decreases […]
magnitude of movement
excess activity in the globus pallidus interna will result in
akinetic rigid syndrome
increased activity of the direct pathway gives […] output of GPi and […] movement
less
increased
increased activity of the indirect pathway gives […] output of GPi and […] movement
more
decreased
the inhibitory neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia system is
GABA
the excitatory neurotransmitter in the basal ganglia system is
glutamate
the direct and indirect inputs of the basal ganglia fire […]
simultaneously
(and both can both increase and decrease movement)
dopaminergic modulation of the basal ganglia system occurs through
substantia nigra
more dopaminergic activity […] output from GPi, […] movement
less
more
via substantia nigra
less dopaminergic activity […] output from GPi, […] movement
more
less
via substantia nigra
direct pathway […] movement
facilitates
indirect pathway […] movement
inhibits
there are […] neurons within the striatum that also modulate the basal ganglia system
ACh
hypokinetic movement disorders result from […] activity of GPi
too much (more inhibition)
hyperkinetic movement disorders result from […] activity of GPi
too little (less inhibition)
when a patient has akinetic rigid syndrome that is bilateral and mildly asymmetric with no other systems affected, the pathology is affecting the
substantia nigra
parkinson’s disease is caused by idiopathic neurodegeneration of the
substantia nigra
in Parkinson’s, there is […] dopaminergic input to the striatum, and […] output from GPi resulting in […] inhibition of thalamus
in Parkinson’s, there is [less] dopaminergic input to the striatum, and [more] output from GPi resulting in [more] inhibition of thalamus
the basal ganglia is also associated with parts of limbic system which can cause […] in Parkinson’s patients
apathy (amotivational)
the basal ganglia is also associated with parts of prefrontal cortex which can cause […] in Parkinson’s patients
dysexecutive symptoms
the basal ganglia is associated with parts of frontal eye fields which can cause […] in Parkinson’s patients
hypometric saccades
the basal ganglia is associated with the motor and premotor cortex which causes […] in Parkinson’s patients
akinesia
decreased output from the GPi can cause what affect on the limbic system?
hypermotivation (addiction)
decreased output from the GPi can cause what affect on the prefrontal cortex?
excessive planning (obsessive complex disorder)
symptomatic treatment of Parkinson’s focuses on [2]
repair of dopamine deficiency
modulation of basal ganglia circuits with DBS