| A | B |
|---|
| wilson's disease | improper metabolism of copper causes basal ganglia to harden |
| leads to loss of movement, speech, and intellect | hepatolenticular degeneration |
| tourette's syndrome | impairment of BG that causes involuntary movements and outburst of sounds and words |
| tardive dyskinesia | drug induced hyperkinesia |
| Parkinson's disease | loss of dopamine due to substantia nigra dying |
| 3 major symptoms of Parkinson's disease | rigidity, resting tremor, bradykinesia |
| deep brain stimulation | intervention that decreases symptoms of parkinson's disease |
| Sinemet | drug that causes brain to make dopamine |
| chorea & athetosis | side effects of increased levels of dopaminergic drugs |
| exposure to pesticides/herbacides | possible cause of Parkinson's disease |
| idiopathic parkinson's disease | most common form, starting in middle age & older |
| flat affect | mask like posture of face in patient with Parkinson's disease |
| loss of balance strategies | common in Parkinson's patient |
| rigidity | causes slowness of movement, loss of ROM and inability to start/stop movements in patients with PD |
| secondary symptoms of PD | dementia, dysphagia, dysarthria, micrographia |
| huntington's chorea etiology | autosomal dominant genetic disorder |
| progressive loss of motor function with dementia | huntington's chorea |
| huntington's chorea | begins in middle age and progresses until mortality 10-20 years later |
| symptoms of HC | mood swings, clumsiness, forgetfulness, involuntary twitching |
| death due to complications of swallowing, infection or heart failure | mortality of huntington's chorea |
