Lecture 19 Flashcards
The single _____model doesn’t work for neurodegeneration
The single etiology model doesn’t work
ris (the chances of getting the diease) and the end stage (when you have it) are…
different things
The constitution of diseases is constantly ______
changing
Upper motor neuron damage will be displayed as:
Increasd reflexes
Weakness/paralysis
Lower Motor neuron damage presents as what?
Wasting Weakness/Paralysis
Fascicultations (a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction and relaxation which may be visible under the skin.)
true or False
Parkinsons is more than just motor symptoms
Other diseases can cause similar Motor Symptoms to distinguish from Parkinsons
true
Each neuron degeneration seems to have a single protein _____
single protein abnormality
e.G
Alzheimer - A-Beta protein
Parkinsons - Alpha - synuclein
true or False
Parkinsons is the only condition that has a problem with Alpha - synuclein
False
Clinical signs help identify the ______ pathology
Clinical signs help identify the anatomical pathology
Similar cells have similar ______ susptibility
Similar cells have similar disease susptibility
A younger person experiencing neurodegeneration wil decline _____
faster
Genetic influences on neurodegeneration are more important in ______patients
Genetic influnces on neurodegeneration are more important in younger patients
Loss of which functional domains of the association cortex are symptoms of dementia:
Memory Attention Language (concepts going together - chairs) Executive function Impulsivity
true or false
PD patients can have amnestic dementia
True
