Parkinson's Disease🧠Flashcards
Disorder of movements that occur mainly in the elderly?
Parkinson’s disease
What are the main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease??
1/bradykinesia >low dopamine
2/muscle rigidity >high acetylcholine
3/tremor at test >high acetylcholine
4/postural instability.
How the muscle rigidity being detected?
During the passive movement that is done by the physician and seeing that three a resistance of the body to the passive movement
The tremor symptom in Parkinson’s disease is started in the legs 🦵:
True or False?
False it is started in hands and forming the PILL ROLLING TREMOR
There is a constant degree of cognitive impairment:
T or F?
False, it is variable degree
What are the pathogenesis of PD?
1/idiopathic
2/molecular aspects
3/genetic factors
What are the diseases that associated with PD?
Dementia
Depression
Autonomic dysfunction
Because not the basal ganglia is affected in the brain ,but also other parts
Which of the CNS diseases have a characteristic of being SHUFFLING GAIT? PD DEPRESSION EPILEPSY SCHIZOPHRENIA
PD
A neurotoxins MPTP is selective in destroying the nigrostriatal dopamiinergic neuron with the other dopaminergic neurons being affected,too,:
T or False
False affected only the nigrostriatal pathway without the other pathway for unknown reason.
MOTP neurotoxins is a toxic metabolite which causes the oxidative distress in the nigrostriatal and lowering the dopamine level and causes the PD by being converted to MPP+ by which enzyme?
MAO-A
MAO-B
COMT
MAO-B WHICH IS THE ENZYME RESPONSIBLE THE DOPAMINE
What is the mechanism that the MOTP done in the brain to cause PD?
The MPTP being converted to a toxic metabolite which MPP+ by MAO-B and being transported by dopamine transport system to the nigrostriatal pathway where it is selectively inhibit the mitochondrial oxidation reactions and causes oxidative distress in this pathway which will lower the amount of D .
MPTP IS A CONTAMINATE IN PREPARATION AND USED AS COCAINE SUBSTITUTE:
T OR F?
False used as HEROIN.
The formation of PD being idiopathic or unknown when exposure to one of these:
Neurotoxins Oxidative reactions Cerebral ischemia(stroke) Viral encephalitis Head injury dug-induced which block the dopamine receptor antiemetic and antipsychotic such as chlorpromazine and reserpine
S the genetic factors are common instances of familial early-onset of PD :
T OR F?
False! Rare instances.
It is a synaptic protein that present in the synapse and involved in the vehicle recycling of the dopamine and present in large amounts in normal brain:
What is it?
Alpha-synuclein.
When the alpha-synuclein being misfolded or aggregates will the function of being vesicular storage of dopamine:
T orF?
True
The aggregations of the alpha-synuclein in the PD has which form?
Lewis bodies
The neurodegenrative disorders like PD are associated with the development of intracellular protein aggregate and misfolding:
True or False?
True
Which of the neurodegenrative disorders is in basal ganglia and characterized by the loss of fibers in the nigrostriatal pathway: PD DEPRESSION ANXIETY EPILEPSY
PD
Has no cure but the symptoms can be treated by providing the balance between DOPAMINE and ACETYLCHOLINE is describing which of the neurodegenrative disorders?
Parkinson’s disease
If the progressive of the the PD symptoms loss that will increase the severity of the disease:
T orF?
True
What is the most symptom that related to dopamine deficiency:
Tremor
Rigidity
Bradykinesia
Bradykinesia
Because the tremor and rigidity is a disturbance also in other transmitters which are GABA,5HT,NA,Ach and dopamine,too.