Other BG and cerebellum Flashcards
This is a degenerative basal ganglia disease, circuits are hyperactive and it disrupts the indirect pathway
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Huntingtons Disease
This defect is in a target protein and interferes with mitochondrial function, loss of specific neuron types causing loss of ACH and GABA neurons
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Huntingtons Disease
This disorder shows extraneous movements, too much movement and disturbed fine motor control
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Hungingtons disease
A brief, irreguluar, clumsy, uncoordinated, jerky movements
a. dystonia
b. rigidity
c. spasticity
d. chorea
chorea
Writhing, slower reciprocal patterns, includes facial grimacing
a. dystonia
b. rigidity
c. spasticity
d. chorea
dystonia
Gait in Huntingtons Disease is
stride length, cadence, velocity decreased
BOS increased
lateral sway increased
Difficulty with (internally/externally) initiated movements
internally
What is often the first sign of Huntingtons Disease?
saccadic eye movement
lack of judgement and memory loss is due to
dementia
This patient has problems doing a complex task, imitating or doing on command
Huntingtons
This test measures motor, cognitive, behavioral, IADL components
United Huntington Disease Rating Scale
Intervention in this stage includes respiratory exercise, gait, balance, transfers, coordination, strengthening and postural stability
a. early stages of Huntingtons
b. later stages of Huntingtons
early stages
Intervention in this stage is positioning, preservation of function and ROM, pulmonary hygiene and comfort, compensation
a. early stages of Huntingtons
b. later stages of Huntingtons
later stages of Huntingtons
This is a hepatolenticular degneration
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Wilsons Disease
There is a defect in copper metabolism and degeneration of the liver and basal ganglia
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Wilsons Disease
What is the classic diagnostic sign of Wilsons Disease?
kayser-fleischer ring
Kayser-Fleischer ring is typical in
a. Parkinsons disease
b. Dystonia
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Wilsons disease
Wilsons Disease
a loss of ACh and GABA neurons on a PET scan is typical in
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Huntingtons disease
Liver degeneration is typical in
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Wilsons Disease
This disease has three different forms; liver involvement and no neurological loss, dystonic form and before age 20
a. Dystonia
b. Wilsons Disease
c. Huntingtons disease
d. Parkinsons Disease
Wilsons Disease
Dystonic form of Wilsons Disease is common after age
20
Dystonic form of Wilsons Disease is similar to
a. Dystonia
b. Huntingtons disease
c. Parkinsons Disease
PD
Which form of Wilsons disease shows festinating gait and tremor
a. rapid degeneration
b. dystonic form
c. liver form
dystonic form
If a patient is diagnosed with Wilsons before age 20, it is similar to _
Huntingtons