movement disorders Flashcards
what is the basic function of the basal ganglia?
movement and modulation
5 nuclei of basal ganglia?
caudate
putamen
globus pallidus
subthalamic nucleus
substania nigra
2 functions of basal ganglia?
modulate movement:
- facilitate intended movements
- suppress unwanted movements
three types of movement disorders?
- hypokinetic - too little movement
- too much movement - hyperkinetic
- mixed movemet
3 hypokinetic disorders?
Parkinson’s disaease
progressive supranuclear palsy
multiple system atrophy
Parkinson’s disease:
- how common?
- when are genetics importat ?
- typical age of onset?
- life expectance
- prevalence: 100 per 100,000 gen pop; 2000 per 100,000 >60yrs
- genetics important if onset before age 50
- onset: 55-65
- near normal life expectancy w/treatment
neurologic features of parkinsons:
onset?
what are the 4 cardinal features of Parkinsons?
asymmetric ONSET
primary extrapyramidal features:
- rest tremor
- rigidity
- bradykinesia
- postural instability - (later in course of disease - if early, think of differential )
what are 7 secondary extrapyramidal features of Parkinson’s
face: 3
back: 1
extremeties: 3
face: masked face, decreased blink frequency, hypokinetic dysarthria
body: stooped posture
extremities: decreased arm swing, micrographia, shuffling gait,
non-motor features of Parkinson’s
behavioral features: 3
Behavioral
- depression (may precede motor features)
- anxiety
- cognitive impairment: frontal lobe(executive dysfunction -can’t make decisions or plans, pure memory intact)
NOTE: if cognitive impairment early disease, consider Lewy Body demetnia
autonomic dyfunction in Parkinsons (5)
GI- constipation
urinary - usually increased frequency
sexual - decreased libido, erectile dysfunction
Cardiovascular - orthostatic hypotension (often due to meds, but can be part of disease itself)
**Cardiac sympathetic denervation **
Thermoreg - episodic profuse sweating
what are 5 neurologic features of Parkinson’s?
5 senses here.
- olfactory dysfunction
- **visual dysfunction **-blurred vision
- sensory symptoms: pain esp shoulder pain that can be presenting symptom(often misdiagnosed as bursitis)
- sleep disturbances: sleep fragmentation, REM sleep behavior disorder (act out their dreams)
- **fatigue **
Which three areas of the brain do you see degeneration of dopaminergic pigmented neurons in Parkinson’s
_1. Substantia Nigra pars compacta _
- locus ceruleus
- dorsal vagal nuclei
Where are Lewy bodies found in Parkinson’s?
what are Lewy bodie made out of?
location: CNS and enteric nervous system
Lewy bodies = alpha-synuclien protein aggregates in surviving pigmented neurons
fried egg appearing inclusion in pigmented neuron in Parkinson’s =
Lewy body
neuro chem hallmark of Parkinson’s
dopamine deficiency
where do you see dopamine neuron loss in Parkinson’s?
- substantia nigra
- striatum within the cerebrum
also: mesolimbic, hypothalamic, retinal
apart from dopamine which other neurotransmitters are affected in Parkinson’s? (3)
norepi
serotonin
glutamate
What is the etiology of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy?
prevalence?
age of onset?
life expectancy?
sporadic
- 0-6.5 per 100,000
onset: 50-60yrs old
life expectancy: 10 years
what are 4 extrapyramidal features of Progressive supranuclear atrophy disease (2 similar to Parkinson’s)
- ridigidty: esp axial rigidity; may produce neck hyperextenstion
- bradykinesia
- astonished facial expression
- dysarthria -
NOTE: features are SYMMETRIC (compare to Parkinson’s disease = non-symettric)
2 early features of Progressive supranuclear palsy?
which feature is unusual in this disease?
2 features: gait disturbance and postural instability (unexplained falling)
TREMOR UNUSUAL
2 behavioral features of Progressive supranuclear palsy?
Emotional lability
dementia
which clinical feature of progressive supranuclear palsy separates it from Parkinson’s?
supranuclear gaze palsy: vertical downgaze first(messy eater, dirty tie, difficulty desceding stairs) –> horizontal later. **oculocephalic reflex intact (eyes are actually still capable of moving) **
apraxia of eyelid opening- difficulty opening closed eye.
pyramidal tract signs and sleep disturbances are characteristic of which disorder?
Progressive supranuclear palsy
what are three pathologic features of Progressive Supranuclear palsy?
what are the neurofibrillary tangles composed of?
- midbrain and cerebral cortical atrophy (
- neuronal loss and gliosis in multiple areas(substantia nigra, rostral midbrain, pedunculopontine nucleus, globus pallidus)
- neurofibrillary tangles(globose type)-
co_mposed of tau protein(abnormally phosphorylated) _
composed of unpaired straight filaments
most prominent neurochem feature of PSP?
which other neurotransmitters are reduced? (NAGB)
dopamine deficiency in th_e striatum _
other neurotransmitters reduced:
- Acetylcholine
- GABA
- norepinephrine
what is multiple system atrophy?
Parkinson -plus syndrome characterized by parkinsonian features + addl distinctive clnical and pathological abnormalities
3 diseases that make up multiple system atrophy?
- shy-drager syndrome
- olivopontocerebellar atrophy
- striatonigral degeneration
multiple system atrophy:
demographics
prevalence?
onset?
life expec?
sporadic
2.3-5.7 per 100,000
symptom onset: 50-55
life expec: 5-10 years
multiple system atrophy triad:
parkinsonianism
autonomic failure
cerebellar syndrome
which 4 extrapyramidal parkinson like features do pts with multiple system atrophy develop?
TRAP w/out the tremor
- rigidity
- bradykinesia
3. postural instability(early)
- TREMOR UNUSUAL, if develops use levodopa
what is the hallmark feature in multiple system atrophy?
AUTONOMIC function def: **MC cardiovascular dysfunction with orthostatic hypotension **
-urogenital dysfunction -
compared with PD, autonomic dysfunction in MSA begins earlier and is more severe