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Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders (Exam V) Flashcards

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What symptom is the hallmark of Parkinson’s disease?

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  • Tremor at rest (rhythmic movement around a joint)
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What is Chorea?

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  • Muscle jerking in various areas
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What is ballismus?

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  • Violent abnormal movements
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What is essential tremor?
What is this indicative of?

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  • Tremor occurring with movement
  • Not Parkinson’s, brain lesion, EtOH, etc.
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What is Athetosis?
Is this indicative of Parkinson’s disease?

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  • Slow, writhing movement
  • Not typical of Parkinson’s
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What is dystonia?

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  • Abnormal posture w/ no movement.
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What are Tics?

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  • Single, repetitive movements (especially facial)
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What is choreathetosis?

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  • Combination of jerking & flowing movements of both chorea & athetosis (dystonia can be present as well)
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What are possible causes of choreathetosis?

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  • Trauma
  • Chore Gravidarum
  • Tumors
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Huntington’s
  • Kernicterus (↑ bilirubin)
  • Ataxia Telangectasia
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What collection of neurons regulates motor activities?

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  • Basal Ganglia/Nuclei
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Communication from the motor cortex to the thalamus goes through the _____ ______.

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Basal Ganglia

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What specific area of the basal ganglia is damaged in Parkinson’s Disease?

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  • Pars Compacta (in Substantia Nigra)
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What is the normal pathway of motor movement?

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  1. Dopamine release from Pars Compacta
  2. Striatum activated
  3. Direct pathway with GABA & Sub P
  4. GABA & Sub P inhibit basal ganglia
  5. Basal Ganglia → GABA inhibits Thalamus
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How does Parkinson’s disease differ from the normal pathway of motor movement?

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  1. No Dopamine from Pars Compacta
  2. Dopamine-Striatum pathway bypassed
  3. Alternate pathway with glutamate activates basal ganglia.
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What is TRAP in relation to Parkinson’s Disease?

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  • Tremor
  • Rigidity
  • Akinesia
  • Posture
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Does coginitive decline occur with Parkinson’s disease?

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Yes, eventually.

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What environmental factors protect against Parkinson’s Disease?

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  • Cigarettes
  • Coffee
  • Anti-inflammatories
  • Uric Acid
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What environmental factors increase risk of developing Parkinson’s disease?

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  • Lead & Manganese exposure
  • Vitamin D deficiency
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What genetic component is often present in Parkinson’s patients?
What percentage of Parkinson’s patients have this?

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  • SNCA - α-Synuclein
  • 10-15%
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Do Parkinson’s tremors start all over the body?

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No, they usually start on one side.

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What is Akinesia?

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  • Loss or impairment in power of voluntary movement.
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What drug is given as firstline treatment for Parkinson’s?
Why this drug?

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  • Levo-dopa (dopamine precursor)
  • Able to cross BBB unlike dopamine
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What are Lewy Bodies?
What diseases have these present?

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  • Misfolded proteins
  • Mad-Cow, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, Multiple System Atrophy
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What occupation’s have an increased risk of developing Parkinson’s?

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  • Healthcare
  • Teaching
  • Farming
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What non-occupational risk factors exist for Parkinson’s Disease?

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  • > 60yo
  • Hereditary
  • Males
  • Herbicides/Pesticides
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What are the treatments for Parkinson’s?

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  • Exercise
  • Levo-Dopa
  • CNS antimuscarinics
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What drugs should be avoided when one has Parkinson’s Disease?

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  • D2 Antagonists (Haldol, etc.)
  • MPTP (destroys dopaminergic neurons)
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Where is MPTP found?

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  • Illicit synthetic opioids (causes drug-induced Parkinson’s)
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How much of L-Dopa crosses the BBB?
Can this be increased? With what? How much?

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  • 1-3%
  • With Carbidopa (10% uptake of Levo-dopa)
30
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How does carbidopa work?

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  • Inhibits Dopa-Decarboxylase from forming dopamine peripherally (thus saving Levo-dopa for the CNS)
31
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Is Levo-dopa a treatment or a cure for Parkinson’s?

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  • Treatment, effective for a period of time before more neurons degrade.
32
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What adverse effects can be seen from levodopa?

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  • Delusions
  • Dyskinesias - Choreathetosis (too much dopamine)
33
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What drug treats delusions associated with levodopa administration?

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  • Pimavanserin - antipsychotic (inverse agonist of 5-HT2A) suppresses signaling to visual cortex.
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What is the On-Off Phenomenon with Levo-dopa?
When does it occur?

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  • Increased mobility followed by marked akinesia.
  • Associated with long-term use.
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What drug interactions exist for Levodopa?

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  • Vitamin B6 & MAOI’s
36
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What contraindications exist for Levodopa?

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  • Psychosis (↑ dopamine signalling)
  • Glaucoma
  • Melanoma (L-dopa feeds these tumors)
37
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How is L-Dopa broken down peripherally?
What drug inhibits this?

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  • COMT
  • Entacapone & Tolcapone
38
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What monoamine oxidase is specific for dopamine?
What drug can prevent the breakdown of Dopamine in the CNS by inhibiting MAOB?

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  • MAO-B
  • Selegiline
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What MAOI’s can be paired with Levo-dopa?

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  • Selegiline
  • Rasagiline
40
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What dopamine agonist is useful for “off” periods from levodopa & relief of akinesia?

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  • Apomorphine
41
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What antiviral agent has antiparkinson’s effects?

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  • Amantadine
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What is the most common movement disorder?
What is the treatment?

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  • Essential tremor (β1 receptor dysfunction) tremor with movement
  • βblockers
43
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What is benign hereditary chorea?
What is the treatment?

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  • Chorea in childhood with no progression and no dementia.
  • Tetrabenazine (↓ Dopamine)
44
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What is Tardive Dyskinesia?
What is the most common cause?

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  • Repetitive, involuntary movements.
  • Anti-psychotic drugs.
45
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What is Muscular Dystrophy?
What occurs with these disorders?

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  • Group of muscle disorders of childhood.
  • Progessive degeneration of muscle fibers.
46
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What is the most common & severe muscular dystrophy disorder?
How is it inherited?

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  • Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy (most severe)
  • X-linked dystrophin gene absent - passed by mother to sons
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What sign is seen with children who have Duchenne’s MD?

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  • Gower’s Sign - using hands to pushing on legs to stand.
48
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What treatment exist for Duchenne’s MD?
What is the life expectancy?

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  • Corticosteroids, β2 agonists, & orthopedic braces.
  • 20’s
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What characterizes Cerebral Palsy?
What is the usual cause?

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  • Non-progressive motor disorder of the CNS.
  • Birth Trauma (or hemmorhage, anoxia, &/or infection)
50
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When does Huntington’s disease normally occur?
Is this disease autosomal dominant or recessive?

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  • age 30 - 40
  • Dominant
51
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What characterizes the pathophysiology of Huntington’s disease?

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  • GABA reduced in the basal ganglia
  • Reduction in ChAT (Choline Acetyltranferase)
  • Excess Dopamine
52
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What symptoms are seen with Huntington’s disease?

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  • Progressive loss of muscular control
  • Chorea
  • Dementia
53
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What treatments are there for Huntington’s disease?

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  • Tetrabenazine = ↓ excess dopamine
  • Dopamine Receptor blockers (ex. Haldol)
54
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What characterizes ALS?
When does death occur?

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  • Loss of motor neurons
  • 2-6 years after diagnosis
55
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What are the treatments for Lou Gehrig’s disease?

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  • Riluzole - Na⁺ channel blocker (specific for damaged neurons)
  • Edaravone - antioxidant.
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What two anatomical changes are seen in Alzheimer’s disease?

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  • Neurofibrillary tangles inside the neuron
  • Amyloid plaques outside the neuron
57
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What palliative treatments are available for Alzheimer’s disease?

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  • CNS AChE inhibitors (Tacrine & Rivastigmine) ( ↑ACh at synapse)
  • NMDAr Antagonist (Memantine)
58
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What are the treatment’s for restless leg syndrome?

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  • Dopamine agonists
  • Gabapentin
  • Benzodiazepines
  • Clonazepam

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