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Module 12 Neurocognitive Flashcards

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Medical Imaging

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  • Skull & spine x-ray
  • CT
  • Angiography
  • MRI
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Electrophysiological Studies

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  • EEG
  • EMG
  • Nerve conduction
  • Evoked potential
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Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Studies

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  • Cell count
  • Biochem
  • Microbio
  • Cytology
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Molecular Genetics & Cytogenetics

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  • Inherited disorders
  • Tumours
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Biochemical Analysis

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  • Metabolic disorders
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Frontal Lobe

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  • Thinking
  • Feelings/emotion
  • Speech
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Temporal Lobe

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  • Hearing
  • Memory
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Parietal Lobe

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  • Sensation
  • Speech
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Brainstem

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  • Eye & facial movement
  • Breathing
  • Heartbeat
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Cerebellum

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  • Balance
  • Coordination
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Unique CNS Tissues

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  • Neurons
  • Astrocytes
  • Oligodendroglia
  • Ependyma
  • Microglia
  • Choroid plexus
  • Leptomeninges
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CNS Tissues Found Elsewhere

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  • Dura (connective)
  • Blood vessels
  • Pericytes
  • Smooth muscle
  • Phagocytes (macrophages)
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Neurons

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  • Initiate & transmit impulses
  • Synapses (point of connection)
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Astrocytes

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  • Scaffolding
  • Insulate nerve fibres
  • Growth & nutrition of neurons
  • Maintain CNS environment (BBB)
  • Repair of injuries
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Oligodendrocytes

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  • Maintain myelin
  • Conduction velocity of nerve fibers
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Microglia

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  • Defensive (immunologic) responses
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Neuronal Degeneration

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  • Atrophy
  • Damage
  • Necrosis
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Axonal Degeneration

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  • Axonal swellings/loss
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Glial Reaction

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  • Astrocytic hyperplasia
  • Proliferation
  • Astrocytosis/gliosis
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Demyelination

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  • Damage to myelin/oligodendrocytes
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Vascular Changes

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  • Vasculitis & vasospasm (ischemia)
  • Vasogenic edema (BBB breakdown)
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Cerebral Edema

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  • Vasogenic (breakdown of BBB)
  • Accumulation of extracellular fluid (tumour, abscess, cytotoxic)
  • Intracellular swellings of neurons/glia (hypoxia, ischemia)
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Migration of Systemic Inflammatory Cells

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  • Neutrophils, lymphocytes, macrophages
  • To CNS
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Neoplastic Components

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  • Gliomas
  • Metastases
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Infectious Components

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  • Bacterial
  • Fungal
  • Viral
  • Prion
  • Worm
  • Parasites
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Vascular Components

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  • Cerebral infarcts
  • Hemorrhages
  • Ischemia
  • Perinatal
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Traumatic Components

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  • Brain/spinal injuries
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Neurodegenerative Components

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  • Dementias, Alzheimer’s
  • Movement disorders, Parkinson’s
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Demyelinanting Components

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  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Leukodystrophies, adrenoleukodystrophy
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Intrinsic Tumour

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  • Intra-axial
  • Gliomas (astrocytic, oligodendroglia)
  • 3 tiered diagnosis (histology, molecular alterations, WHO grade)
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Extrinsic Tumour

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  • Extra-axial
  • Meningiomas, schwannomas
  • Secondary metastases (lung, breast, melanoma)
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Primary Tumour (Adults)

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  • Astrocytoma (includes glioblastoma)
  • Oligodendrogliomas
  • 90% supratentorial
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Primary Tumour (Children)

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  • Astrocytoma
  • Ependymomas
  • Medulloblastomas
  • 90% infratentorial
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Histological Primary Tumour Features

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  • Suggest higher grade & poor prognosis
  • Increasing cellularity
  • Mitoses
  • Nuclear pleomorphism
  • Endothelial proliferation
  • Necrosis
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Primary Tumour Molecular Features

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  • IDH mutation (better prognosis)
  • Chromosomal
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Meningiomas

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  • Derived from meninges
  • Based on dura
  • Middle to old age
  • Cured by resection
  • Various histological patterns
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Metastatic Tumours

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  • Difficult to asses prevalence
  • Most common CNS neoplasm in adults
  • Lung, breast, melanoma, renal cell carcinoma, colorectal
  • Commonly located in cerebral hemispheres (grey/white matter junction)
  • Less commonly seen in cerebellum & brainstem
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Meningitis Types

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  • Bacterial (neutrophils)
  • Viruses (lymphocytes)
  • Fungi (immunocompromised, cryptococcus, candida)
  • Cloudy leptomeninges
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Bacterial Meningitis

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  • Many pathogens
  • Fever
  • Neck stiffness
  • Headache
  • Confusion
  • Cloudy CSF
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Cloudy Leptomeninges

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  • Purulent exudate in subarachnoid space
  • Abundant polymorphs in leptomeningeal spaces
  • May extend to vessels, ventricular wall, brain
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Encephalitis

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  • Headache
  • Fever
  • Seizure
  • Loss of consciousness
  • Viruses most common (HSV, HIV, CMV)
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Cerebral Abscesses (Direct Spread)

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  • (50% of cases)
  • Middle ear, paranasal sinus, dental infections
  • Mixed flora
  • Streptococcus milleri
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Cerebral Abscesses Hematogenous Spread

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  • (25% of cases)
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Congenital heart disease
  • Bacterial endocarditis
  • Mixed flora
  • Streptococcus viridians
  • Trauma & iatrogenic
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Cerebrovascular Disorder

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  • Stroke
  • Symptoms lasting 24+ hours
  • Leading to death
  • No apparent cause (vascular origin)
  • Ischemic (infractions)
  • Hemorrhagic (non-traumatic)
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Cerebral Infarct

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  • Localized area of tissue necrosis
  • Supplied by vascular pattern
  • Neurons, glia, vessels
  • Causes occlusion
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Occlusion Consequences

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  • Narrowing of arteries
  • Cerebral, vertebral, internal carotid
  • Middle cerebral artery distribution most common
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Vascular Occlusion Causes

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  • Thrombosis
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Vasculitis
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Vascular Occlusion Clinical Manifestations

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  • Dependent on size & location of infract
  • Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
  • Symptoms subside in 24hrs
  • Stroke
  • Neurological defects (24+ hrs)
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Intracerebral Hemorrhage

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  • Hypertension (Primarily)
  • Leukemia
  • Blood disorders
  • Tumours
  • Vascular malformation
  • Aneurysms
  • Amyloid angiopathy
  • Vasculitis
  • Immune mediated
  • Sepsis
  • Medications
  • Anticoagulants
  • Drug abuse
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Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

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  • Developmental
  • Berry aneurysm
  • Vasculitis
  • Immune mediated (nonseptic)
  • Inflammatory aneurysm (mycotic)
  • Septic vasculitis
  • Amyloid angiopathy
  • Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
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Hypertension Hemorrhage

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  • Hypertensive arteriosclerotic changes
  • Wall weakening of arterioles/micro vessels
  • Results in rupture
  • Treatment of hypertension to reduce incidence
  • Rupture into ventricles/brain swelling (Fatal)
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Hypertension Hemorrhage Sites

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  • Basal ganglia
  • Thalamus regions
  • Pons
  • Cerebellum
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Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

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  • Deposition of amyloid (beta)
  • Weakens vessel wall (subarachnoid & cortical)
  • Leads to rupture
  • Intracerebral & subarachnoid hemorrhages
  • Elderly (Alzheimer’s)
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Berrys (Saccular) Aneurysm

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  • Developmental defect
  • Weakening of arterial wall
  • Anterior communicating artery most common site
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Manifestation of Berry Aneurysm

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  • Local pressure
  • Isolated 3rd cranial nerve palsy
  • Rupture/hemorrhage
  • Subarachnoid, intracerebral, intraventricular
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Duret’s Hemorrhage

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  • Brain swelling
  • With uncal/tonsillar herniaition
  • Secondary brain hemorrhage
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Infarction

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  • Compression necrosis/vasospasm
  • Constriction of vessel walls after subarachnoid hemorrhage
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Hydrocephalus

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  • Blood clots
  • Ventricles & subarachnoid space
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Head Injury

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  • Leading cause of death in people under 45
  • Impact/blunt force
  • Focal, diffuse pattern
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Skull Fracture

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  • Radiate/pass impact site
  • Not always associated with brain damage
  • Force required
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Skull Fracture Patterns

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  • Linear, single line
  • Comminuted, multiple lines
  • Compound, communicates with cranial cavity
  • Depressed, margins pushed into cranial cavity
  • Hinge, across base of skull
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Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage

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  • Bleeding inside cranium
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Traumatic Intracranial Hemorrhage Sites

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  • Outside dura (epidural)
  • Under dura (subdural)
  • Under arachnoid (subarachnoid)
  • In brain (intracerebral)
  • Cerebral ventricles (intraventricular)
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Epidural Hematoma

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  • Result of fracture to squamous temporal bone
  • Damage to middle meningeal artery/vein
  • Lucid interval association
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Subdural Hemorrhage

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  • Acute
  • Associated with other brain trauma
  • Fall/blow to head
  • Various tears
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Brain Contusion

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  • Hallmark of brain damage in head injury
  • Bruise to surface
  • Overlying pia matter intact
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Topography

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  • Involve gyri crest
  • Contact with protuberance within skull
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Coup Contusion

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  • Occur under site of impact
  • Result of blowC
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Contre-Coup Contusion

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  • Opposite (at distance) from impact site
  • Result of fall
  • Occipital impact most obvious
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Alzheimer’s

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  • Cortical degeneration
  • 50-70% of dementia cases
  • Slow progression
  • Motor & sensory systems in tact
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Alzheimer’s Gross Pathology

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  • Atrophy
  • Frontal & temporal emphasis
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Alzheimer’s Mirco Pathology

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  • Neuronal loss in cerebral cortex
  • Gliosis (astrocytes proliferation & hypertrophy)
  • Amyloid deposits
  • Neurofibrillary tangles
  • Neuritic plaques
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Alzheimer’s Stages

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  • Thal (A)
  • Braak (B)
  • CERAD ©
  • National institute on aging (NIA-AA)
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Parkinson’s

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  • Movement disorder
  • Slow progression
  • Unknown causes
  • No cure
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Parkinson’s Symptoms

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  • Resting tremor (shaking)
  • Generalized slowness (bradykinesia)
  • Stiffness of limbs (rigidity)
  • Gait/balance (postural dysfunction & frequent falls)
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Parkinson’s Neurochemistry

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  • Loss of dopamine (DA)
  • Imbalance of neurotrans in basal ganglia
  • Dopamine replacement relives symptoms
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Parkinson’s Pathology

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  • Loss of pigments in substantia nigra (midbrain)
  • Eosinophilic inclusions in cytoplasm (Lewy Bodies)
  • Increased astrocytes (gliosis)
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Lewy Bodies

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  • Cortical degeneration
  • Cerebral cortex dementia association
  • Mutation of alpha synuclein gene PD early onset
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Primary Demyelination

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  • Damage/breakdown of myelin
  • Sparing of axons
  • MS
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Secondary Demyelination

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  • Myelin breakdown
  • Injured/dying axons
  • Neurodegenerative diseases
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Primary Demyelination Incidence

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  • Common in temperate latitudes
  • 20-40 yrs onset
  • Female more common
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Primary Demyelination Etiology

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  • Genetic predisposition
  • Environmental
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Primary Demyelination Pathogenesis

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  • Autoimmune reaction against oligodendroglia
  • CNS myelin with T-lymphocyte sensation
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Primary Demyelination Clinical Manifestations

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  • Relapsing
  • Intermittent chronic course
  • Unilateral limb weakness
  • Paresthesia
  • Optic neuritis
  • Charcot’s tirad (nystagmus, tremor, dysarthria)
  • Impaired intelligence
  • CSF increased IgG
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Macro Pathology of MS

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  • Scattered
  • Grey
  • Sharply defined plaques (demyelinated areas)
  • White matter, brain stem, spinal cord, optic nerve
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Micro Pathology of MS

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  • Early active lesions
  • Perivenous demyelination
  • Perivascular lymphocytes (T-cells)
  • Oligodendroglia loss
  • Areas coalesce visible MS plaques with inflammation
  • Chronic lesions show gliosis
  • Axon preservation

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