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What is the inheritence pattern of Park1 mutation? What distinguishes parkinson’s due to PARK1 mutation from sporadic parkinson’s?

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AD, young onset, prominent psychiatric features

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What is the inheritence of PARK2 (aka Parkin) mutation? What are the clinical features?

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AR, young onset, prominent dystonia.

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what is the most common genetic cause of familial parkinson’s and what is the inheritance?

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LRRK2 mutation, AD.

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what are the features of PARK4 related parkinsonism?

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psychiatric features and blephorspasm.

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which structures comprise the striatum?

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Caudate and putamen

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what structures comprise the lentiform nucleus?

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putamen and globus pallidus

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which structure receives most of the inputs to the basal ganglia?

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Striatum

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which structures give rise to outputs from the basal ganglia?

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Gpi and SNr

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what thalamic nuclei do Gpi and SNr project to? is the input inhibitory or excitatory?

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VL/VA. inhibitory

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Where does VL/VA thalamus project? Is the input inhibitor or excitatory?

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motor and premotor cortex. Excitatory.

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draw the direct pathway

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net effect is to promote movement

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draw the indirect pathway

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net effet is to inhibit movement

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what is the role of the SNc?

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Inhibits indirect pathway and disinhibits direct pathway, therefore promotes movement. Degenerates in PD.

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Which Dopamine receptors are found in the Direct Pathway? Are these receptors inhibitory or excitatory?

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D1, excitatory

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Which dopamine receptors are found in the indirect pathway? Are they excitatory or inhibitory?

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D2, Inhibitory

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Which neurotransmitter is the main excitatory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia?

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Glutamate

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which neurotransmitter is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia?

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GABA

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what receptors do antipsychotics act at and what is their action there?

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D2 antagonists.

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which anti-depressant class should be avoided in patients taking levodopa?

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nonselective MAOIs

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what is the mechanism of action of Entacapone?

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COMT inhibitor. Increases the half life of dopamine, decreases “off” periods.

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what is the mechanism of action of Rpinirole and pramipexole?

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D2 and D3 agonists (ie inhibit the indirect pathway)

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what is the mechanism of action of Rasagiline and selegiline?

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MAOB inhibitors, ie inhibit dopamine metabolism

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what is the mechanism of action of Trihexyphenidyl?

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anti-cholinergic. Useful for treating tremor.

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what is the main side effect of slegiline?

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insomnia

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what are main side effects of pramipexole and ropinerole?

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somnolence and impulse control problems.

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what parkinsons plus syndrome presents later, has restricted downward gaze and retrocollis?

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PSP

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what parkinson’s plus syndrome is repersented?

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PSP=hummingbird sign

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what kind of “opathy” is PSP?

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tau

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what parkinson’s plus syndrome presents with autonomic dysfunction or ataxia and has neck antecolis?

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MSA

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30
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what parkinson plus syndrome is depicted?

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MSA= hot cross bun

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what type of “opathy” is MSA?

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syneuclopathy

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what parkinson plus syndrome consists of focal limb rigidity/dystonia, cortical myoclonus, astereognosis and sometimes alien limb syndrome?

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CBGD

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what form of parkinsonism affects lower extremities more than upper extremities?

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vascular parkinsonism

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34
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what form of parkinsonism affects welders and people on TPN?

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Manganese toxicity.

35
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what is the frequency of essential tremor?

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how can essential tremor and enhanced physiologic tremor be distinguished?

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In enhanced physiologic tremor the tremor improves with mass-loading.

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what type of tremor is slow, present at rest, posture and action, and is common in MS? Where is the lesion?

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rubral tremor. Dentate of cerebellum or superior cerebellar peduncle.

38
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what disorder is dipicted? On what chromosome is the mutation?

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WIlson’s disease. Chr 13. Also get caudate hyperintensity

39
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What is the trinucleotide repeat in Huntington’s disease? What chromosome?

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CAG, Chr 4

40
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what gene is affected in benign hereditary chorea?

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gene for TTF

41
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what disorder presents with tongue protrusion dystonia, chorea, and self mutilation behavior? what is the mode of inheritance?

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acanthocytosis. AD or X-linked recessive.

42
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what disorder presents in the 4th decade and consists of myoclonus, choreathetosis, epilepsy and cognitive dysfunction and is due to trinucleotide repeat?

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what is the trinucleotide repeat in DRPLA and on what chromosome?

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CAG on Chr 12

44
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How can Lesch-Nyhan syndrome and acanthocytosis be distinguished?

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In lesch nyhan there is uricemia with nephrolithiasis and not typically tongue protrusion dystonia as in acanthocytosis.

45
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injury to what nucleus causes hemibalismus?

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Contralateral STN

46
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what are 6 treatments for tardive dyskinesia

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  1. slow taper of anti-psychotic
  2. switching to anti-psychotic with less D2 antagonism.
  3. dopamine depleting agents (tetrabenizine, reserpine)
  4. Levodopa
  5. Depakote
  6. Clonazepam
47
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what primary generalized dystonia starts in childhood and is more common in Asckenazi Jews? What Chromosome?

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DYT1 Chr 9

48
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What primary generalized dystonia starts in the teenage years and has tremor, myocolonus, and dystonia?

49
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What Primary Generalized Dystonia is X-linked and more common in phillipinos?

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DYT3 (Lubag)

50
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what are medications used for dystonias?

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anti-cholinergics, benzodiazepines, baclofen

51
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what primary generalized dystonia is more common in females, has a diurnal pattern and responds to low dose dopamine? What enzyme and chromosome?

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dopa responsive dystonia (DYT5), GTP cyclohydrolase 1 on Chr 14.

52
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what structures make up the guillain-mollaret triange?

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Dentate of cerebellum, infirior olive, red nucleus

53
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what MRI finding can be seen in symptomatic palatal myoclonus?

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inferior olive hypertrophy

54
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in what disorder are paroxysms of dyskinesia triggered by sudden movement or startle and hyperventillation. How long do attacks last?

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Paroxysmal kinesiogenic dyskinesia. attacks last up to 5 min.

55
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in what disorder are dyskinesias aggravated by alcohol, caffeine and fatigue? How long do attacks last?

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PKND. Attacks last minutes to hours.

56
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which disorder consists of episodic ataxia in association with facial twitching? what gene and chromosome?

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EA1, KCNA1 on Chr 12

57
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what disorder consists of episodic ataxia associated with nystagmus and dysarthria? What gene ?

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EAII, CACN1A4.

58
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What disorder consists of episodic ataxia with tinnitus and vertigo? What is the inheritance?

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EA III, AD

59
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What disorder consists of episodic ataxia with ocular abnormalities triggered by sudden head movement?

60
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exaggerated startle, increased axial tone, lordosis with onset in the 40s or 50s

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stiff person syndrome

61
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what antibodies are present in auto-immune stiff person syndrome?

62
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what antibodies are present in paraneoplastic stiff person syndrome?

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anti-amphiphysin antibodies

63
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at what location is glycine an inhibitory neurotransmitter?

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spinal interneurons

64
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what abnormalities are found in familial forms of hyperkeplexia?

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glycine receptor and presynaptic glycine transproter mutations.

65
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which cerebellar peduncle carreis cerebellare efferents?

66
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which cerebellar peduncle(s) carry cerebelllar afferents?

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all of them

67
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what cerebellar structure does chronic alcoholism predominantly affect?

68
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what toxicity causes ataxia, visual field deficits and parasthesias?

69
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what is the trinucleotide repeat in freidrich ataxia? What chromosome? What mode of inheritence?

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GAA, Chr 9, AR

70
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what medication improves cardiomyopathy in Freidrich ataxia?

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Idebenone, a CoQ10 analogue

71
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childhood onset neuropathy, ataxia, and inability to move eyes without head thrust, telangiectasias, immunodeficiency and blood malignancies.

What gene and chromosome?

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Ataxia-Telangiectasia. ATM, Chr 11

72
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onset in 30s-40s, ataxia, face and tongue atrophy, dysphagia and neuropathy.

73
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what trinucleotide repeat, gene and chromosome is involved in SCA3? What is the inheritence?

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CAG, ataxin 3, Chr14, AD.

74
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tremor, ataxia, parkinsonism, dysautonomia, cognitive decline and grandchild with mental retardation. MRI findings below.

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Fragile X tremor ataxia syndrome, 55-200 repeats of CGG in FMR1 on X chromosome.

75
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ataxia, parkinism, cataracts with elevated serum cholestanol.

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cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis

76
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what is the frequency of orthostatic tremor?

77
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Parkinsonism and this MRI

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Fahr’s disease

78
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disorder with this MRI

79
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injury to what structure causes choreathetosis

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contralateral anterior ventral portion of the caudate

80
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which SCA has latera onset and normal life span?

81
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which disorders are dominantly inherited and have CAG repeats?

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SCA 1,2,3,6,7 and DRPLA

82
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what gene is affected in DRPLA?

83
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What is the inheritence of DJ-1 related parkinsonism?

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what gene causes inherited parkinsons has autonomic features and premature death? What is inheritence?

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SCNA (alpha syneuclein), AD

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