Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Tremors
- Anatomy of the nose & paranasal sinuses
- Basel Ganglia
- Functions
- Motor function
- Performing gross and crude movements
- Automatic execution of learned motor skills
- Gating function
- Selecting and maintaining purposeful motor activity
- cognitive function
- Pathways
- Pyramidal vs Extra-Pyramidal Systems
- Definition
- unintentional, rhythmic
muscle movement
- Types
- Resting
- Postural
- Kinetic
- tension
- task specific
- causes
- multiple sclerosis
- Stroke
- traumatic brain injury
- neurodegenerative diseases
- Parkinson's disease
- Definition
- affects dopamine-producing neurons in
substantia nigra
- Signs & Symptoms
- Masked Face
- Impaired Posture and balance
- Slowed Movements
- Speech changes
- Causes
- Combination of genetic and environmental factors
- Idiopathic
- Investigations
- Complications
- Cognitive Problems
- Depression & anxiety
- Difficulty in Swallowing
- Sleep Disorders
- Bladder and Bowel Problems
- Management
- non-pharmacological
- Pallidotomy
- Thalamotomy
- Deep brain stimulator (DBS)
- Pharmacological
- catecholamine precursor
- Dopamine receptor agonists
- ↑ Dopamine availability
- Preventing dopamine metabolism
- Anticholinergics