Movement disorders Flashcards
Is a resting tremor necessary to make the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease?
no
When does dementia begin in someone with PD?
later, usually over a year
Is PD alpha or tau?
alpha
Pathologic hallmark of PD?
lewy bodies (neuronal intracytoplasmic inclusions surrounded by a clear halo)
Pathologic hallmark of MSA?
oligodendroglial inclusions
Genes associated with PD?
-PARK1 (alpha synuclein), AD young onset
-PARK2 (Parkin), AR juvenile onset
-LRRK2 and PARK8, familial PD, AD
How do COMT inhibitors work in PD
inhibit conversion of dopamine to 3-O-methyldopa thus prolonging action, reducing “off” periods
MOA of carbidopa
peripheral dopa-decarboxylase inhibitor; reduces conversion of levodopa into dopamine into peripherhy
MOA of pramipexole and ropinirole
dopamine agonist
MOA of rasagiline and selegiline
MAOB inhibitors
MOA of trihexyphenidyl
anticholingeric
*limited for the treatment of tremor
MOA of amantidine
antiglutamatergic
-increases presynaptic dopamine and inhibits reuptake of dopamine
DBS is effective for which PD symptoms?
tremor and bradykinesia
Is PSP responsive to levodopa
not really
Does PSP have retrocollis or anecollis
retrocollis
Is MSA levodopa responsive
no
Vascular parkinsonism affects what?
mostly lower extremities > upper extremities
*tremor is not a prominent feature
manganese toxicity presents how?
psychiatric sx, parkinsonism (usually without tremor), gait disorder (toe walking)
*think miners or welders
what is a rubral tremor
low frequency, present at rest, posture and action
Other than BB and primidone what can be used for essential tremor?
topiramate, gabepentin, benzos
what is secondary tourettism?
when the symptoms are due to an underlying neurologic cause
Wilson’s disease pathophysiology?
inability to excrete copper
Mutation associated with Wilson’s?
chromosome 13, ATP7B
Wing beating is characteristic for what?
Wilson’s
Lab studies for wilson’s show what?
reduced serum ceruloplasmin and increased urinary excretion of copper
treatment for wilsons?
low copper diet, zinc supplement, D-penicillamine
Huntington’s gene?
trinucleotide repeat CAG, chromosome 4
How do you best treat Sydenham’s chorea?
antidopaminergic therapies
Chorea in pregnancy, what should you be thinking about?
-prior rheumatic fever
-underlying autoimmune disease, SLE
-antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
chorea-acanthocytosis ?
mixed movement disorder, dystonia and chorea
*most prominent feature is orolingual dystonia (tongue protrustion), self mutilating, cognitive decline, dysarthria, PD, seizures, opthalmoplegia
Mutation in chorea acanthocytosis?
VPS13A gene on chromosome 19
what do you see on a blood smear in chorea acanthycytosis?
acanthocytes (spiculated red blood cells)
Dentatorubral pallidolysian atrophy is what?
*Asians
-myoclonus, choroathetosis, epilepsy, dystonia, tremor, PD, cognitive
Gene invovled in dentatorubral pallidolysian atrophy?
AD, trinucleotide repeat CAG on chromosome 12
Lesch Nylan is what?
abnormal purine metabolism –> hyperuricemia, kidney stones, neurpsych sx, abnormal movements
*also have self mutilation