Movement Disorders Flashcards
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
Unilateral plastic rigidity with rest tremor (Parkinsons Disease)
Contralateral substantia nigra
plus (?) other mesencephalic structures
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
Unilateral hemiballismus and hemichorea
contralateral subthalamic nucleus of Luys or luysial pallidal connections
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
Chronic chorea of Huntington Type
Caudate nucleus and putamen
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
athetosis and dystonia
Contralateral striatum (pathology of dystonia musculorum deformans unknown)
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
cerebellar incoordination, intention tremor and hypotonia
IPSILATERAL cerebellar hemisphere;
ipisilateral middle or inferior cerebellar peduncle
brachium conjunctivum, (ipsilateral if below decussation, contralateral if above)
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
Decerebrate rigidity
ie extension of arms and legs, opisthotonos
usually bilateral in tegmentum of upper brainstem at the level of red nucleus or between red and vestibular nuclei
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
Palatal and facial myoclonus (rhythmic)
ipsilateral central tegmental tract with denervagtion of inferior olivary nucleus and nucleus ambiguus
Principal location of morbid anatomy with
diffuse myoclonus
neuronal degeneration, usually diffuse or predominating in cerebral or cerebellar cortex and dentate nuclei
Most common initial symptom of Parkinsons Disease
a. Stiffness
b. Tremor
c. gait disturbance
d. slowness
b. tremor
Which medication for Parkinsons Disease is associate with the side effect?
urine discoloration
COMT inhibitors - ENTACAPONE
urine discoloration - entacapone
Which medication for parkinsons Disease is associated with hypertensive crisis with intake of tyramine rich foods and sympathomimetics?
MAO inhibitors
Rasagiline
hypertensive crisis
Which of the following medication for parkinsons disease is associated with atropinic effects: dry mouth, urinary outlet obstruction, confusion, psychosis?
a. Levodopa
b. Ropinorole
c. Amantadine
d. Benztropine
D. Benztropine. (anticholinergic)
same as trihexyphenidyl
A parkinsons Disease medication that may cause chronic livedo reticularis
Amantadine
another term for Negro sign
cogwheel phenomenon
rigidity and its cogwheel component are elicited or enhanced by having the patient engage the opposite limb in a motor task requiring some degree of concentration.
what sign is this?
FROMENT SIGN
True or false.
there should be no pyramidal signs in parkinsons disease, unless they are due to an alternate disorder
TRUE
inability to inhibit blinking in response to a tap over the bridge of the nose or glabella
sign?
MYERSON sign
The following are considerations for rapid onset parkinsonism, except:
a. neuroleptic medications
b. variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
c. use of metoclopramide
d. none of the above
D. none of the above
Pathological finding in both idiopathic and postencephalitic parkinsons Disease?
Loss of pigmented cells in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei
(locus ceruleus, dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus)
Rate limiting enzyme for the synthesis of dopamine?
Tyrosine hydroxylase
Protein which is the main component of Lewy Bodies
a-synuclein
a ubiquitin protein ligase that participates in the removal of unnecessary proteins form cells through the proteasomal system.
PARKIN
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What gene is implicated in Parkinsons Disease that is usually seen in Ashkenazic Jews?
LRRK2 (leucine rich repeat kinase 2)
PARK8
Gene implicated in Parkinsons Disease that accounts for 50% of early onset inherited PD and 20% of sporadic early onset cases
PARK 2
parkin - protein
PARK 1 and PARK 4 is associated with this gene (and protein)
SCNA (a-synuclein)
In parkinsons Disease, mutation in this gene codes for a mitochondrial kinase
PINK
Park 6
Results of ADAGIO trial for rasagiline in Parkinsons Disease? *
no significant change in 2mg
MRI findings in MSA
hot cross bun sign
atrophy of the pontocerebellar fibers -> high T2 signal intensity in an atrophic pons