Neurodegenerative Diseases of the CNS Flashcards
Neurodegenerative disorders are (curable or incurable?) and debilitating conditions which result in ______________ of nerve cells
incurable
progressive degeneration
Neurodegenerative disorders
Many are associated with the _____________ which serve as histologic hallmarks of certain disorders
accumulation of abnormal proteins
Neurodegenerative disorders
The clinical manifestation is usually dictated by the area of the brain affected:
○Cortical neurons - ________
○Basal ganglia - _______
○Cerebellum - ________________
○Cortical neurons - dementia
○Basal ganglia - movement
○Cerebellum - ataxia
Neurodegenerative disorders
Protein Diseases with inclusions
Aβ
TPD-43
α-synuclein
Polyglutamine aggregates
Alzheimer disease
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Parkinsons disease
Huntington disease
Neurodegenerative disorders
Protein Diseases with inclusions
Tau
Alzheimer disease
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Parkinsons disease (LRRK2 mutation)
Progressive supranuclear palsy
Neurodegenerative disorders
Protein Diseases with inclusions
______ Alzheimer disease
_____ Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
______ Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
_______ Parkinsons disease
_______ Huntington disease
Aβ
TPD-43
α-synuclein
Polyglutamine aggregates
Neurodegenerative diseases
_________ disease
_________ disease
_____________________
___________ disease
Parkinson disease
Alzheimer disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Huntington’s disease
Most common cause of dementia (senility) is ????
Alzheimer disease
Alzheimer disease
Dementia refers to the effect of a group of brain diseases that result in (short or long?) term and (abrupt or gradual?) decrease in the ability to ______ and _______
Long; gradual
think and remember
Alzheimer disease
Named after ________ who first described it on 1906b
Alois Alzheimer
Alzheimer disease
The incidence when considered by age group:
○___% (65 to 74 years)
○____% (75 to 84 years)
○____% (85 years and above)
3
19
47
Alzheimer disease
Most cases are _______, about 5 - 10% are ______ (may experience early onset of symptoms)
sporadic
familial
Alzheimer disease : Pathogenesis
Accumulation of a peptide ( _______ or ________) in the brain
This peptide is derived from the cleavage of _________________________
Aβ protein
β amyloid
Amyloid Precursor Protein(APP).
Alzheimer disease: Pathogenesis
The APP can be processed in two ways:
○Cleavage by ———- and _______ in a process that ________
○Cleavage by _________ cleaving enzyme and ________ to form Aβ
𝛼 -secretase and γ -secretase
prevents the formation of Aβ .
β site APP
β site APP
γ - secretase
Alzheimer disease
Sporadic: Generation and accumulation of Aβ is said to occur (slowly or rapidly?) with ___________
Slowly
advancing age.
Alzheimer disease
Risk Factors:
Increasing age
Genetic: ______ of apolipoprotein E
The e4 allele is (more or less?) effective.
e4 allele
Apolipoprotein helps breakdown Beta amyloid
T/F
T
Alzheimer’s disease
Familial
Mutations in _____,_______
APP
Gamma secretase