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What is the term for movement disorder that is velocity dependent? Velocity independent?

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spasticity - velocity dependent increase in muscle tone
rigidity - velocity independent increase in muscle tone

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What are the 7 hyperkinetic movements?

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  • ballism / chorea / athetosis
  • dystonia myclonus
  • tics / stereotypies
  • restless legs
  • tremor
  • akathisia
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What are the not patterned, flowing hyperkinetic movements?

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ballism / chorea / athetosis

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What are the patterned, non-flowing hyperkinetic movements?

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dystonia

myoclonus

tics / stereotypies

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What are the hypokinetic movement disorders?

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bradykinesia

akinesia

rigidity

(Parkinson’s Disease)

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What is the function of the thalamus in terms of movement?

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enhance movement → send excitatory signals to the cortex to induce movement

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What are the outflow nuclei of the basal ganglia? What is their function?

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  • Globus Pallidus interna
  • Substantia Nigra

They want to shut the thalamus down

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What is the striatum & what does it do?

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caudate + putamen

regulates movement (move when you want to & don’t move when you don’t want to)

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What is the function of the subthalamic nucleus?

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stimulates the outflow nuclei (GPi & SNr) → & encourage their inhibition of the thalamus

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What is the function of the Globus Pallidus externa?

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inhibits the subthalamic nucleus (preventing int from stimulating the GPi & SNr)

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Briefly describe the pathway of the direct & indirect pathways. Which increases movement & which inhibits movement?

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  • Direct
    • Striatum inhibits GPi → disinhibits the inhibition of the thalamus → movement
  • Indirect
    • Striatum inhibits GPe → disinhibits the inhibition of STN → STM stimulates GPi → GPi inhibits thalamus → inhibits movement
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How does the Substantia negra pars compacta impact the direct & indirect pathways?

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via dopamine (facilitates movement)

stimulates direct pathway

inhibits indirect pathway

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At what age does Parkinson Disease typically present?

It is caused by decreased production of what neurotransmitter?

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5th - 6th decade

decreased dopamine from substantia nigra pars compacts

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Parkinson Disease causes what motor symptoms?

Treatment?

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  • T- tremor at rest, pill rolling, MCP tremor
  • R- rigidity, cogwheeling at elbows
  • A- akinesia/bradykinesia/hypokinesia
    • slow initiation of movements, masked facies, micrographia, hypophona, hypomimia, decreased rate/amplitude finger tapping
  • P- postural instability, stopped posture, slow shuffled gait, block-like turning

Treatment: respond to L-dopa

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What are common non-motor symptoms seen in Parkinson disease?

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  • affective disorders -
    • depression, anhedonia, anxiety, impulsiveness, hallucinations
  • cognitive dysfunction -
    • bradyphrenia, memory impairment, anosmia
  • visual disturbances -
    • impaired color discrimination, visuospatial abnormalities
  • autonomic dysfunction -
    • orthostatic hypotension
  • gastrointestinal dysfunction
    • constipation
  • sexual dysfunction
    • erectile dysfunction
  • sleep disturbance
    • REM sleep disturbance
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What are the causes of Parkinson’s?

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  • Idiopathic: sporadic or genetic
  • Secondary:
    • drugs
    • metabolic - hypothyroidism / low B12 / diabetes
    • Environmental - synthetic heroin, pestacide
    • Structural - stroke involving basal ganglia
    • Infection - influenza encephalitis,
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What are the red flags seen in atypical Parkinsonism?

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  • Atypical:
    • early dementia, early falls, prominent ocular dysmotility, prominent dysautonomia, prominent ataxia,
    • poor response to L-dopa
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What are the drugs given to Parkinson patients to replace / boost dopamine?

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  • Replace Dopamine
    • dopamine analogue: carbidopa / levodopa
    • dopamine agonist: pramipexole,
    • MAO-B inhibition (decrease dopamine degradation_
      • irreversible - selegiline, rasagiline
      • reversible - safinamide
    • COMTI (prevents L-dopa breakdown - enhances carbidopa / levodopa)
      • entacapone
    • Amantadine (increases dopamine release / blocks reuptake)
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What are the stimulants used to treat Parkinson disease?

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Istradefylline: adenosine receptor agonist

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What are the targets for deep brain stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson Disease?

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GPi >>> STN

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In addition to drugs, what is a treatment option for Parkinson Patients?

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deep brain stimulation surgery

physical therapy

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What are the 5 types of action tremors?

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  • postural
  • kinetic
  • task specific
  • isometric
  • psychogenic
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What are the two types of postural action tremors? Provide examples of each.

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  • postural
    • enhanced physiologic:
      • stress, fatigue, fever, hypoglycemia, drugs, EtOH withdrawal, hyperthyroidism,
    • Pathologic:
      • essential tremor, midbrain or cerebellar pathology, muscle/nerve disease
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What are the common causes of kinetic action tremors?

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cerebellar disorders, stroke, MS, midbrain lesion

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What are the common causes of task specific action tremors?
handwriting tremor, orthostatic
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What are the common causes of isometric action tremors?
muscle contraction during sustained exertion
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What are the common causes of psychogenic action tremors?
distractibility, entrainment, suggestibility
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What are the age qualification of an essential tremor? Type of tremor? Indicative of what type of brain dysfunction? Symmetry? Intention?
before 40 or after 60 kinetic \> postural of arms (wrist flexion/extension) cerebellar / thalamo-occipital dysfunction ~30% asymmetric; ~50% intention element
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Treatment for essential tremor?
better with alcohol propranolol, primidone, gabapentin, topiramate, thalamic DBS
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Cerebellar tremor is what type of tremor? Symptoms?
essential tremor (+) **overshoot on finger to nose maneuver** several planes involved in tremor dysarthria / scanning speech gait ataxia / hypotonia
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What are the common causes of cerebellar tremor?
cerebellar stroke, mass, B12 & vitamin E deficiency
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What type of tremor is a Rubral Temor? Symptoms?
kinetic \> postural \> resting (multiphase) unilateral: severe (arm may be functionally useless) - may be present in sleep mild dystonia or ataxia
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What are the major causes of a rubral tremor? Treatment?
* Causes * stroke, tumor, MS * Treatment * levodopa
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What is the term for involuntary, irregular, purposeless, non-rhythmic, abrupt, random & quick movements that flow from one body region to another?
Chorea
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What is the term for large-amplitude chorea involving proximal arms, flinging & flailing movements (usually unilateral?
Ballism
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What is the term for slow chorea; writing movements- similar to dystonia but not sustained, patterned or painful
athetosis
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Ballism is seen in what situation?
post-stroke following hemiparesis caused by lesion to contralateral subthalamic nucleus
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Athetosis is seen in what situation?
children with cerebral palsy secondary to kernicterus
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What is the most common cause of hereditary chorea?
huntington disease
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Huntington Disease exhibits what type of inheritance patten? Type of mutation?
autosomal dominant chromosome 4 ; CAG repeat → anticipation
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What 3 symptom complexes are seen in Huntington Disease?
* motor * chorea, dystonia, tics, parkinsonism * cognitive * dementia * neuropsychiatric * psychosis
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What brain center is classically atrophied in Huntington disease?
caudate atrophy
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What is the differential diagnosis for a patient with Chorea?
* Huntington Disease * Metabolic * B12 def, hypothyroidism, Sedenham chorea (post rheumatic, HIV, post encephalitic, chorea gravidarum, Lupus * Vascular * autoimmune * demyelinating
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What is the treatment for Huntington Chorea?
* Dopamine depletion * **tetrabenazine** / **deutetrabenazine** (vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitors → dopamine monoamine depletion)
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What is the term for movements that are sustained, usually involving twisting & repetition with same muscle groups that is worsened by physical activity?
dystonia
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What are the types of dystonia & what muscle groups does it commonly involve?
focal, segmental, multifocal, hemidystonic or generalized eyes, vocal cords, neck, limbs
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What is the term for cervical dystonia? Treatment?
spasmodic torticollis Treatment: clonazepam, trihexylphenidyl, baclofen, onabotulinumtoxin
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What are the most common genetic causes of isolated dystonias?
* DYT-TOR1A * DYT-THAP1
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What diagnosis should you consider if you have a pediatric patient with dystonia? Treatmet?
Dopa-responsive dystonia : DTY5 diurnal variation (family history parkinsonism) levodopa responsive
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What is the term for sudden, brief, shock-like involuntary movements that are usually irregular but can be rhythmical? This can involve what body locations?
myoclonus palate, eyes, limbs
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What are the two types of myoclonus? Example?
* positive * d/t additional muscle contraction * negative * d/t motor inhibition * asterixis: brief flapping of outstretched arms seen in hyperammonemia or hyperuremia
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Where is the electrical generator for myoclonus? Treatment?
cortical (epileptic) subcortical brainstem spinal cord
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What is Lance-Adams syndrome?
post anoxic generalized myoclonus; action or intention type
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What are the treatments for myoclonus?
valproic acid, levetiracetam, clonazepam
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What is the term for coordinated movements that repeat continually & identically that are _not_ preceded by an irresistible urge
sterotypy | (ie. rocking in autism)
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What are abnormal suppressible movements that accompany an urge or compulsion? They can be motor or phonic.
tics
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What is tourette syndrome? Treatment?
motor & phonic tics onset prior to age 18 treatment: guanfacine, fluphenazine, SSRI, tetrabenazine, deep brain stimulation
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What are the two medication-induced dyskinesias? Cause?
* **akathisia** * feeling of inner, restlessness that is reduced by moving - may be stereotypic * focal (oral, genital) → withdrawal dopamine in parkinson patients * generalized * **tardivine dyskinesia** * rapid, repetitive, stereotypic movements involving oral, buccal & lingual areas * lip smacking, tongue protrusion usually caused by antipsychotics that block dopamine
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What is the treatment for medication-induced dyskinesias?
benzodiazepines, benzotropine, amantadine valbenazine & deuterabenzine (tardive dyskinesia)
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What is the inheritance pattern & mutation seen in Wilson Disease?
autosomal recessive chromosome 13; ATP7B gene → impaired biliar copper excretion inability to incorporate copper into apoceruloplasmin to form ceruloplasmin copper accumulates in liver & other tissues
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Wilson Disease should be considered in a young patient with what symptoms?
tremors, dystonias, choreoathetosis, rigidityy associated with psychiatric disorder
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What lab tests should be performed in a patient you suspect Wilson Disease? Treatment?
* Abnormal copper metabolism * decreased serum ceruloplasmin * increased serum copper * increased 24 hr urinary copper * gold standard → liver biopsy * Treatment * zinc, penicillamine
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The provided image is indicative of what disease? What is the name of this sign?
Wilson Disease Kayser-Fleischer ring
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