movement disorders Flashcards
What is the inheritence pattern of Park1 mutation? What distinguishes parkinson’s due to PARK1 mutation from sporadic parkinson’s?
AD, young onset, prominent psychiatric features
What is the inheritence of PARK2 (aka Parkin) mutation? What are the clinical features?
AR, young onset, prominent dystonia.
what is the most common genetic cause of familial parkinson’s and what is the inheritance?
LRRK2 mutation, AD.
what are the features of PARK4 related parkinsonism?
psychiatric features and blephorspasm.
which structures comprise the striatum?
Caudate and putamen
what structures comprise the lentiform nucleus?
putamen and globus pallidus
which structure receives most of the inputs to the basal ganglia?
Striatum
which structures give rise to outputs from the basal ganglia?
Gpi and SNr
what thalamic nuclei do Gpi and SNr project to? is the input inhibitory or excitatory?
VL/VA. inhibitory
Where does VL/VA thalamus project? Is the input inhibitor or excitatory?
motor and premotor cortex. Excitatory.
draw the direct pathway
net effect is to promote movement
draw the indirect pathway
net effet is to inhibit movement
what is the role of the SNc?
Inhibits indirect pathway and disinhibits direct pathway, therefore promotes movement. Degenerates in PD.
Which Dopamine receptors are found in the Direct Pathway? Are these receptors inhibitory or excitatory?
D1, excitatory
Which dopamine receptors are found in the indirect pathway? Are they excitatory or inhibitory?
D2, Inhibitory
Which neurotransmitter is the main excitatory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia?
Glutamate
which neurotransmitter is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter of the basal ganglia?
GABA
what receptors do antipsychotics act at and what is their action there?
D2 antagonists.
which anti-depressant class should be avoided in patients taking levodopa?
nonselective MAOIs
what is the mechanism of action of Entacapone?
COMT inhibitor. Increases the half life of dopamine, decreases “off” periods.
what is the mechanism of action of Rpinirole and pramipexole?
D2 and D3 agonists (ie inhibit the indirect pathway)
what is the mechanism of action of Rasagiline and selegiline?
MAOB inhibitors, ie inhibit dopamine metabolism
what is the mechanism of action of Trihexyphenidyl?
anti-cholinergic. Useful for treating tremor.
what is the main side effect of slegiline?
insomnia
what are main side effects of pramipexole and ropinerole?
somnolence and impulse control problems.
what parkinsons plus syndrome presents later, has restricted downward gaze and retrocollis?
PSP
what parkinson’s plus syndrome is repersented?
PSP=hummingbird sign
what kind of “opathy” is PSP?
tau
what parkinson’s plus syndrome presents with autonomic dysfunction or ataxia and has neck antecolis?
MSA
what parkinson plus syndrome is depicted?
MSA= hot cross bun
what type of “opathy” is MSA?
syneuclopathy
what parkinson plus syndrome consists of focal limb rigidity/dystonia, cortical myoclonus, astereognosis and sometimes alien limb syndrome?
CBGD
what form of parkinsonism affects lower extremities more than upper extremities?
vascular parkinsonism