Parkinson's Disease Flashcards
What are the two motor systems in the body?
Pyramidal and Extrapyramidal
Parkinson’s disease is a dysfunction of the midbrain?
Extrapyramidal
What are the three parts of basal ganglia?
Corpus Striatum, Amygdala, Claustrum
What are the structures that compose the corpus striatum?
Caudate nucleus, Putamen, Globus Pallidus
What composes the Lentiform nucleus?
Putamen, Globus Pallidus
What composes the Neostrium?
Caudate Nucleus, Putamen
What supplies neostriatum?
Lenticulostriate, MCA
What supplies globus pallidus?
Recurrent artery of Heubner, ACA
What are the two primary efferents of the extrapyramidal system?
Substantia Nigra Pars Reticulata and Globus Pallidus Interna
What is the primary afferent of the direct pathway?
Striatum
What is the primary afferent of the indirect pathway?
Subthalamus
What is the inhibitory NT of the brain?
GABA
What is the excitatory NT of the brain?
Glutamate
NT: Dopamine in the indirect pathway
Inhibitory
NT: Dopamine in the direct pathway
Excitatory
NT: ACH in the indirect pathway
Excitatory
NT: ACH in the direct pathway
Inhibitory
To be able to do its function, what should be the level of ACH and Dopamine in the striatum?
Equal
Group of disorders with disturbances in the dopamine system of the basal ganglia
Parkinsonism
Three types of parkinsonism
Primary PD, Secondary PD, Parkinson’s plus syndrome
What is the diagnostic tool for PD?
Apomorphine Test
Two other names of PD
Shaking palsy and paralysis agitans
It is a very slowly progressive disorder on CNS with motor and non-motor symptoms
Parkinson’s Disease
What gender is predominantly affected by PD?
M>F
What is the average onset of PD?
40-60 years
What is the onset of Young-onset?
21-40 years
What is the onset of Juvenile-onset?
<21 years
The progressive loss of dopaminergic cells that produces dopamine in substantia nigra
Primary PD
What are the two etiology of Primary PD?
Idiopathic and Genetic
The 3 genes affected in Primary PD
PPL: Pink 1, Park 1, Lark 2
Primary PD may be secondary to what?
Hyperactivity of cholinergic cells in the striatum
What diagnostic tool used in Primary PD?
MRI
What do you see in MRI to confirm Primary PD?
Paleness of SN
What is the kind of symptoms first to occur in primary PD?
Non-motor > Motor
Motor symptoms in primary PD occur in what percentage of destruction?
30-60%
What protein is absent in the BG that causes the appearance of Lewy bodies?
Synuclein protein
“Von economo’s disease”
Post-infectious PD
What is the other name of Post-infectious PD?
Encephalitis Lethargica
What is the route of Post-infectious PD?
Viral
Post-traumatic PD is secondary to what MOI?
Repetitive Trauma
What occupation is predisposed to Post-traumatic PD?
Boxers
What is the other name of Post-traumatic PD?
Dementia Pugilistica
What toxin is the most common cause of toxic PD?
Manganese
What heroine is associated with Toxic PD?
1-methyl-4-phenyl-1236-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)
What are the other 4 toxins associated with Toxic PD?
PCCM: Pesticides, Cyanide, Carbon Disulfide, Methanol
“Wilson’s Disease”
Metabolic PD
What causes metabolic PD?
Hepatolenticular degeneration
What chromosome is affected by metabolic PD?
Chromosome 13
What is the genetic route of metabolic PD?
Autosomal Recessive
What causes metabolic PD?
Overaccumulation of Copper
Three areas where coppers go?
Eyes, Liver, BG
What manifestation can be seen in the eyes if there is an overaccumulation of copper?
Kayser-fleischer ring
Where specific area of BG is affected in metabolic PD?
Lentiform nucleus
What manifestation can be seen in the liver if there is an overaccumulation of copper?
It becoms firm and large
What are the three drugs associated with Drug-induced PD?
Anti-depressant, anti-hypertension, anti-psychotic
What PD is resulted in the lesion of blood supply?
Vascular PD
What are the 6 types of secondary PD?
Post-infectious, Post-traumatic, Toxic, Metabolic, Drug-induced, Vascular
What is the most common presenting symptom of PD?
Resting Tremor
5 sites of resting tremor
Hand, FA, Postural tremor, Jaw & Tongue, LE
It is the rapid extension-flexion of the index finger and thumb
Pill-rolling