PS2: additional neurological disorders

Question 1

aphasia

Answer 1

inability to produce or understand speech

Question 2

parkinson’s disease

Answer 2

manifests as a movement disorder. Individuals may experience tremors, or poor control of fine motor movements. They may also exhibit bradykinesia (slowed movements) and demonstrate a “shuffling” gait when moving or walking.

Question 3

substantia nigra

Answer 3

region of the brain that helps promote the proper functioning of the basal ganglia through the use of dopamine

Question 4

L-DOPA

Answer 4

dopamine precursor that is converted to dopamine in the brain, which can help therapeutically replace the dopamine that is lost due to Parkinson’s

Question 5

alzheimer’s disease

Answer 5

form of dementia marked by beta-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein

Question 6

dementia

Answer 6

severe loss of cognitive ability beyond what would be expected from normal aging

Question 7

beta-amyloid plaques/neurofibrillary tangles of tau protein

Answer 7

abnormally large amounts of aggregated protein that are present in the brain