PD and AD

Question 1

parkinsonism

Answer 1

a disorder of basal ganglia
impacts movement and mood
lack of dopamine (parkinsons disease is the degeneration of neurons in the substantia nigra)
symptoms= micrographia, rigidity, shuffling gait and frequent falls
can treat with L-dopa

Question 2

wilson’s disease

Answer 2

rare inherited condition that causes copper levels to build up in several organs, especially the liver, brain and eyes
this can cause parkinsonism

Question 3

alzheimers

Answer 3

degenerative disease
a clinical diagnosis
histology= amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles
symptoms:
- evolving memory loss
- confusion
- hallucinations
- difficultly eating and swallowing

Question 4

brain with alzheimers

Answer 4

cortex shrivels, damaging areas involved in thinking and planning
ventricles fill with CSF grow larger
hippocampus shrivels severely