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Motor Cortical Control Flashcards

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what kind of organisation exists in the motor system?

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functional segregation
Motor system organized in a number of different areas that control different aspects of movement
hierarchical organisation depending on complexity of tasks (higher order control programme and decide movement and lower excecute tasks)

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where does information from the motor cortex pass to?

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basal ganglia, cerebellum, thalamus, spinal cord and brainstem

  • brainstem → muscles of head, neck, facespinal cord → rest of muscles
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what muscles do motor information in the brainstem get passed to? what about the spinal cord?

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brainstem → muscles of head, neck, face

spinal cord → rest of muscles

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what do the basal ganglia and cerebellum do?

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adjust the commands received from the motor control system

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what are the pyramidal tracts?

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corticospinal and corticobulbar

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extrapyramidal tracts?

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vestibulospinal, tectospinal, reticulospinal, rubrospinal

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Are extrapyramidal tracts ascending or descending

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Descending

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what makes something pyramidal/extrapyramidal?

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either pass through pyramids of medulla or don’t

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functional differences - what do pyramidal do?

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voluntary movements of body and face (motor cortex → cranial nerve nuclei or spinal cord)

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functional differences - what do extrapyramidal do?

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involuntary movements for posture, balance and locomotion
Brainstem nuclei to spinal cord

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Corticospinal tract

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Passes down lateral corticospinal tract or anterior corticospinal tract
Decussation occurs where most go to lateral
Lateral control limb muscles anterior control trunk

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corticobulbar function?

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movements of face and neck → cranial nerve nuclei

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vestibulospinal function?

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stabilise head during body movement , coordinate head movement with eye movement, postural adjustments

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reticulospinal function?

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Muscle tone changes with voluntary movement
postural stability
Primitive descending tact
From medulla and pons

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tectospinal function?

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orientation of head and neck during eye movements
From superior colliculus of midbrain

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Rubrospinal

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Innervate lower motor neurons of flexors of the Upper limb
From red nucleus of the
Mainly taken over by corticospinal tract

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negative signs of upper motor neuron lesion?

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loss of voluntary motor function
paresis (graded weakness of movements)
paralysis-complete loss of movement

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Positive signs of upper motor lesions

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  • spasticityincreased muscle tone
  • hyperreflexiaexaggerated reflexes
  • clonusabnormal oscillatory muscle contraction
  • babinski’s signabnormal upward curling of big toe (normal in infants but not adults) on stimulation

increased abnormal motor function due to loss of inhibitory descending inputs

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Apraxia

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Loss of skilled movement (loss of info is not paretic)
Have lost info about how to perform skilled movement

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Common cause of apraxia

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Stroke and dementia
Lesions of inferior parietal lobe ,frontal lobe (premotor cortex,supplementary motor area)

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signs of lower motor tract lesion

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hypotonia, hyporeflexia, muscle atrophy,weakness

  • fasciculationsdamaged motor units → spontaneous action potentials → visible twitch
  • fibrillationstwitching of individual muscle fibres recorded during needle electromyography
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what are dysarthria and dysphagia?

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Difficulty speaking or swallowing

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what is motor neuron disease?

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progressive neurodegenerative disorder of motor system → spectrum
Also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
UMN-spasticity,brisk limb and jaw reflex,babinski sign,loss of dexterity,dysarthria,dysphagia
LMN-weakness,muscle wasting,tongue fasicukation,nasal speech,dysphagia

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basal ganglia main structural elements?

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caudate nucleus
lentiform nucleus
substantia nigra (midbrain)
nucleus accumbens
subthalmic nuclei

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basal ganglia main function?

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decision to move

performing associated movements e.g. changing facial expression in reaction, swinging arms while walking

suppressing unwanted movements

performing movements in order

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what is the striatum?

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Caudate nucleus and putamen

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what is parkinson’s disease?

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degeneration of dopaminergic neurons from substantia nigra to striatum

Symptoms include bradykinesia, expressionless face → hypomimic, akinesia (difficulty in initiation of movements), rigidity, tremor at rest

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Huntingtons disease

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degeneration of GABAergic neurons in striatum caudate and then putamen

Symptoms involve jerky involuntary movement,difficulty swallowing,gait disorder and cognitive decline/dementia

Choreic movement

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What is ballism

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Contralateral flinging of extremities
Caused by stroke affecting the subthalamic nucleus
Symptoms occur contralaterally

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What separates the cerebrum and cerebellum

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Tentorium cerebelli

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broad function of cerebellum?

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Coordinates and predictions of movement

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Three main parts of cerebellum

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vestibulocerebellum (central strip), spinocerebellum (medial vertical stripe), cerebrocerebellum (lateral stripe)

  • vestibulocerebellumregulate gait, posture and equilibrium, coordinate head and eye movements. Damage (tumour) causes gait ataxia and tendency to fall even when sitting with eyes open
  • spinocerebellumcoordinate speech, coordinate limb movements, adjust muscle tone. Damage (degeneration and atrophy associated with chronic alcoholism) affect leg causing abnormal gait and stance (wide)
  • cerebrocerebellumcoordinate skilled movements, cognitive function & attention, process language, emotional control. Damage affects mainly arms/skilled coordinated movements and speech
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main signs of cerebellar dysfunction?

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  • ataxiagait disturbance
  • dysmetriainappropriate force and distance for target oriented movement
  • intention tremoroscillatory limb trajectory in target directed movement
  • dysdiadochokinesiainability to perform rapidly alternating movements
  • scanning speechstaccato bc impairment of speech muscle coordination
  • lower motor neurons of brainstem and spinal cord
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Alpha motor neurons

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Lower motor neurons of brainstem and spinal cord
Innervate extrafusal muscle fibres if skeletal muscle

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Activation of alpha motor neurons

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Causes muscle contraction

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what is a motor unit?

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single motor neuron along with all the muscle fibres it innervates

37
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different types of motor unit?

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slow (type I)- small dendritic trees cell bodies and axons
fast & fatigue resistant (type IIA)-large dendritic trees cell bodie and axons
fast & fatiguable (type IIB)-large dendritic trees cell bodies and axons

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difference in force produced by IIA and IIB?

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IIA is weaker, IIB (fatiguable) is stronger

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Order of motor unit recruitment

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Small first to allow slow twitch units (fine movement allowed)

40
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Rate coding

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Way for brain to regulate force a muscle produces
The higher the firing rate the more force produced

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Summation

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unit fires at too fast a frequency to allow muscle relaxation between contractions → recruitment of other motor units

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42
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what are neurotrophic factors?

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growth factors that prevent neuron death and promote growth after injury

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what does cross innervation of muscle fibres do?

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some properties are switched e.g. muscle fibres can become faster or slower dependent on nerve

44
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What change does aging cause

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preferential loss of type II fibres → slower contraction times

45
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  • what determines the magnitude and timing of reflex functions?
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Intensity and onset stimulus

46
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reflexes can’t be controlled but can be influenced e.g. by Jendrassik manoeuvre → what is that?

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pulling against locked fingers to increase magnitude of knee jerk reflex
Can also bite down teeth or clench fist

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supraspinal control of reflex arcs under normal conditions?

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Inhibitory

48
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what reveals the excitatory control?

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Decerebration

49
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how can brain damage affect reflexes?

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rigidity and spasticity from brain damage can result in over-active stretch reflexes

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hyperreflexia is associated with what kind of lesion?

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upper motor neuron lesion → loss of descending inhibition

51
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defining features of clonus?

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involuntary and rhythmic muscle contractions

52
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hyporeflexia is associated with what kind of disorder?

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Lower motor neurone disease

53
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Descending supraspimal control of reflex

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  1. Activating alpha motor neurons
    2.activating inhibitory interneurons
    3.activating propriospinal neurons
    4.activating gamma motor neurons
    5.actuvating terminal of afferent fibres
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Primary motor cortex

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Located in pre central gyrus anterior to central sulcus
Controls fine discrete precise voluntary movement
Provide descending signal to execute movement

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Premotor area

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Located anterior to primary motor cortex
Involved in planning movement
Regulates externally cued movement
Eg seeing an apple and reaching out for it

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Supplementary motor area

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Located anterior and medial to primary motor cortex
Plans complex movement eg internally cued speech
Becomes active prior to voluntary movement

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