Ch 12 - Movement Disorders Flashcards
What is an essential tremor?
Posture-maintaining tremor associated with sustained muscle contraction or stress
What is an intention tremor?
Tremor at end of purposeful movement
What is Parkinson’s Disease?
- d/o of basal ganglia d/t loss of cells in substantia nigra and locus coeruleus where dopamine produced
- Degeneration of nigrostriatal pathway results in ↓ dopamine in corpus striatum
What are signs of Parkinson’s Disease?
- Resting tremor (“pill-rolling”) 3-5 Hz
- Bradykinesia
- Cogwheel rigidity
- Masked facies
- Lead pipe rigidity
- Postural instability
- Freezing
What is the general goal of treatment in Parkinson’s Disease?
- ↑ dopamine action
2. ↓ cholinergic effect
What are ergot derivatives?
Dopamine agonist agents produce symptomatic benefit by direct stim of dopamine receptors:
– Bromocriptine
– Pergolide (Permax®)
What are non-ergot derivatives?
– Ropinirole (Requip®)
– Pramipexole (Mirapex®)
What is the MOA of amantadine?
Antiviral agent
Potentiates the release of endogenous dopamine
What are anticholinergic agents used for in Parkinson’s?
Relieve tremor
What does a unilateral Thalamotomy do?
Relieve contralateral tremor
What does a unilateral pallidotomy do?
Permanent ablation of a portion of the globus pallidus
Improve dyskinesias, stiffness, and freezing
What does subthalamic nucleus DBS do?
Improves bradykinesia, rigidity and tremor
Reduces parkinson’s medications by 1/2
MC surgical procedure for PD
What does thalamic DBS do?
Reduces tremor on contralateral side
Worsens bradykinesia, rigidity and gait
Limited use
What does pallidal DBS do?
Controls all cardinal symptoms of PD
What should swallow evaluation be done for in PD?
Evaluate for oropharyngeal dysphagia