Movement Flashcards
Direct pathway
Substantia nigra pars compacta D1 neurons activate striatum (caudate/putamen)
Cinnamon Candy Great in Taste: cortex ->caudate/putamin->globus pallidus internus ->thalamus
Only SNc, cortex, thalamus positive outputs
Indirect pathway
Substantia nigra pars compacta D2 projections inhibit striatum (caudate/putamen)
CCGeSGiT
Cinnamon Candy Great Excitement and Supergreat in Taste: cortex ->caudate/putamin->globus pallidus externa -> STN -> GPi/substantia nigra pars reticulata ->thalamus
Only STN, thalamus, cortex positive outputs
Basal ganglia neurotransmitter
Glutamate
Vascular Parkinson’s
Upper extremities usually spared
Non motor PD Sx
Shoulder pain bc less movement of joint
Constipation
REM sleep behavior not just in DLB
Alpha synucleinopthy vs tauopathy vs beta amyloid
Alpha syn - PD, LBD, MSA, AD
Tau - CBD, PSP, Pick’s
Beta amyloid - AD, CAA, vascular dementia
Pd + dementia criteria
PD present for 1+ yr before dementia
PD path
MSA path
Alpha synuclein deposition
Loss of DA in SNpc
Lewy bodies - neuronal intrachtoplastic inclusions
MSA - oligodendroglial inclusions
PD genes
- LRRK2 mutation - AD, common cause familial PD
- Parkin (PARK2 gene) - AR, juvenile onset
- alpha-synuclein (PARK1 gene) - AD- young onset - synaptic vesicle trafficking problem
tolcapone
-Tall Al Capone gangster: tolcapone (a peripheral and central COMT inhibitor) increases the bioavailability of L-Dopa in periphery + CNS
-Hepatic gun: tolcapone can cause hepatic failure
entacapone
Al Capone gangster at entrance:
-a peripheral COMT inhibitor-increases the bioavailability of
levodopa
carbidopa
peripheral dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor;
it reduces conversion of levodopa into dopamine in the periphery while not inhibiting central conversion
-decreases nausea
trihexyphenidyl and benztropine
Tri-hex Benz car: (antimuscarinic agents used to treat parkinsonism)
-antimuscarinic agents
-Trembling getaway car- improve tremor and rigidity of
PD with no effect on bradykinesia
DBS
-reducing tremor + bradykinesia
- not levodopa-unresponsive gait freezing, falls, or other axial symptoms
STN, GPi
-Ventral intermediate (VIM) nucleus -tremor (PD or ET)
PSP
no ataxia, autonomic Sx vs MSA
-onset 70s, later vs PD, MSA
-symmetric parkinsonism
-downgaze palsy, square wave jerks
-midbrain atrophy-hummingbird
-retrocollis (vs MSA-antecollis)
MSA
alpha synucleinopathy
-glial cytoplasmic inclusions in oligodendrocytes
-antecollis neck
-bilateral rest tremor, ataxic-jerky myoclonic tremor
-mottled cold hands
-inspiratory sigh/gasp, stridor (laryngeal spasm weakness)
-not L dopa responsive (or minimal)
-start in 60s
MSA-A-/Shy-Drager - autonomic dysfxn; syncope
-urinary incontinence - Onuf’s nucleus, impotence, larygneal dystonia (fatal)
MSA-P - parkinsonism- rapidly progressive
*MSA-C-cerebellar ataxia *
-hyperintense putamen rim
-cross buns sign - loss pontocerebellar tract
DLB
cognitive impairment within 1 yr PD Sx
Core clinical features: fluctuating cognition
formed visual hallucinations,
REM sleep behavior disorder
1 cardinal feature of PD
-L Dopa not tolerated; very sensitive to neuroleptics
-can have autonomic dysfxn ~Msa
Washout MIBG scan, no cardiac uptake of isotope , horseshoe shaped gap - in PD and DLB, bc pre and post ganglionic autonomic failure
(normal in MSA bc preganglionic autonomic failure)
CBD
tauopathy
-myoclonus, higher cortical sensory loss, and dystonic posture with absence of prominent falls
Apraxia, can’t follow command
Posturing= dystonia
waving arm around (alien limb) waving fingers around
Myoclonic jerks that looks tremulous
prominently asymmetric
-focal limb rigidity/dystonia,
-alien limb
agraphesthesia
astereognosis
-parkinsonian
drug induced parkinsonism
manganese toxicity (not Mg toxicity)
-welders, miners, chronic liver disease
-parkinsonism without tremor
-psych Sx
-cock walk: toe walking+elbow flexion
-hyperintensity in BG
-carbon monoxide
essential tremor
Tx: propranolol; primidone; topiramate; clonazepam
-4-8 Hz
Tourette’s syndrome
motor+ photic tic (throat clearing)
DA hyper-stimulation ventral striatum + limbic system
Tx: Anti-DA agents such as haloperidol, pimozide, and the atypical antipsychotics.
Clonidine, an α-2-adrenergic agonist, ADHD and other behavioral aspects of Tourette’s syndrome, and improves tics
secondary tourettism -ASD, static encephalopathy, neuroacanthocytosis, HD, medications, infection