Movement Disorders Flashcards
homology to Glopus Pallidum interna
Substantia Nigra pars reticularis
homology to Glopus Pallidum interna
Substantia Nigra pars reticularis
Direct Pathway in BG
Excitatory cortical neurons —>
Putamen —> inhibitory on GPi
GPi —> inhibits Thalamus
Total: Disinhibition of Thalamus —> more motor activity from Thalamus to cortex facilitating movement!
Indirect Pathway BG
Excitatory cortical neurons —>
Putamen —> inhibition of GPe —>
GPe —> inhibits STN
—> totaling in disinhibition of the STN!
STN —> excitation of GPi
—> by this GPi is excited and inhibits Thalamus
Total: indirect pathway is inhibiting the thalamo-cortical pathway = cortical inhibition: less movement
SN to Putamen
D1 = activating (excitatory) direct pathway
D2 - inhibiting indirect pathway
Loss of SN neurons
1) less excitation of direct pathway = less facilitation of thalamo cortical movement
2) less inhibition of the indirect pathway (D2)
Huntingtons BG physiology
loss of indirect pathway neurons: less suppression of movement
medium spiny neurons in direct pathway from GPi to thalamus: Biochemistry
GABA
substance P
Dynorphin
indirect pathway GABA neurons
Enkephalin colocalized
Which neurons contain Acetylcholine in the BG?
Large Aspiny Striatal Interneurons
Dopamine receptors with adenylate cyclase
D1
D5
Migraine serotonin pharmacology:
1) Serotonin agonists for 5-HT1B agonists
- - sumatriptan, rizatriptan, and naratriptan
- migraine and cluster
2) 5-HT1D agonist: vasoconstriction of blood vessels in the brain.
5-HT1A
Azapirones such as buspirone, gepirone, and tandospirone are 5-HT1A agonists marketed primarily as anxiolytics, but also recently as antidepressants.
5HT1B
Serotonin agonists for 5-HT1B agonists
- sumatriptan, rizatriptan, and naratriptan
- migraine and cluster
Hoehn and Yahr
I - unilateral only, minimal or no functional impairment
II - Bilateral or midline involvement without impairment of balance
III - mild to moderate disability
IV - fully developed severely disabling disease; still able to walk and stand
V - confined to bed or wheelchair
Pathology of PD
1) SN: neuronal loss, gliosis, cytoplasmic inclusions: Lewy bodies pale halo
2) Lewy bodies also in locus coeruleus, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus,
3) intermediolateral column spine
4) Myenteric intestinal neurons show Lewy bodies
Braak and Braak staging
1&2: presymptomatic: Lewy bodies in medulla oblongata and olfactory bulb
3:&4: SN and other ncl
5&6: telencephalic cortex
Effect of anticholinergics in PD:
trihexyphenidyl, benztropine: muscarinic antagonists
Tremor reduction
rigidity reduction
no effect on bradykinesis
L-Dopa Side Effects
nausea, vomiting, orthostatic hypotension, sedation, confusion, sleep disturbances, alterations of dream phenomen, hallucinations, dyskinesia
Thalamic DBS in PD effect:
1) 75% reduction in Tremor
2) small effect on rigidity
3) no effect on bradykinesia