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What are the pyramidal movement disorders?

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Pyramidal weakness

Spasticity

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What are the extrapyramidal hyperkinetic movement disorders?

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Dystonia
Tics
Myoclonus
Chorea
Tremor
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What are the extrapyramidal hypokinetic (rigidity, bradykinesia) movement disorders?

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Parkinsonism

Parkinson’s disease

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What are the cerebellar movement disorders?

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Ataxia

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What is Parkinsonian syndrome?

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Rigidity, akinesia/bradykinesia and resting tremor

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What is dystonia?

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Prolonged muscle spasms and abnormal postures

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What is chorea and ballismus?

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Fragments of movements flow irregularly from one body segment to another causing a dance-like appearance
Ballismus: if amplitude of these movements is large

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What makes up the basal ganglia?

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Caudate nucleus, putamen, globus pallidus externa and interna, subthalamic nucleus, substantia nigra

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What does PD present with?

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Tremor, muscular rigidity akinesia, rest tremor, gait and postural impairment

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What are the subtypes of PD?

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Tremor dominant PD (relative absence of other motor symptoms)
Non-tremor dominant PD (such as akinetic-rigid syndrome and postural instability gait disorder)
Mixed/intermediate pheynotype

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With what subtype is the course and prognosis associated with a slower rate of progression and less functional disability?

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Tremor-dominant

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What are some non-motor features of PD?

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Olfactory dysfunction, cognitive impairment, psychiatric symptoms, sleep disorders, autonomic dysfunction, pain and fatigue

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When do non-motor symptoms of PD commonly present?

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In early PD, or before the onset of motor features

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What is the progression of PD characterised by?

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Worsening motor features, which initially respond well to symptomatic therapies (Honeymoon phase)

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What are the advanced stages of PD characterised by?

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The emergency of complications related to long term symptomatic treatment, including motor and non-motor fluctuations, dyskinesia and psychosis. Treatment resistant motor and non-motor features are prominent and include axial motor symptoms such as postural instability, freezing of gait, falls, dysphagia and speech dysfunction

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What is rapid eye movement sleep behaviour disorder?

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A parasomnia characterised by abnormal or disruptive behaviours (such as talking, laughing, shouting, gesturing, grabbing, punching, kicking, sitting up in bed) which occurs during REM sleep and are often related to dream enactment

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How is RBD diagnosed?

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Overnight polysomnography to document the presence of REM sleep without atonia (such as sustained or intermittent muscle activity measured by EMG) and to rule out mimics (such as OSA, non-REM parasomnia, seizures)

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What is the treatment for RBD?

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Clonazepam or melatonin at bedtime

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What are the pathological hallmarks of PD?

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Loss of dopaminergic neurons within the SNpc and Lewy body pathology

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Where does neuronal loss in PD occur other than the SNpc?

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Locus ceruleus, nucleus basalis Meynert, pedunculopontine and raphe nuclei, dorsal motor nucleus of vagus, amygdala, hypothalamus

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What is Lewy body pathology?

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Misfolded alpha-synuclein, which is insoluble and aggregated, forms intracellular inclusions (Lewy bodies) and processes (Lewy neurites) of neurones. Present in brain, spinal cord and PNS

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What gross colour change can be seen in PD?

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Loss of the normally dark black pigment in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus. Pigment loss correlates with dopaminergic cell loss

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What is Braak staging used for?

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Staging of Lewy body pathology

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What is the M:F ratio of PD?

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3:2

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What is the greatest RF in PD?
Age
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What are the most common causes of dominant and recessive PD?
Mutations in LRRK2 and parkin, respectively
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What is the greatest genetic risk factor for PD?
Mutations in GBA, which encodes B-glucocerebrosidase, the lysosomal enzyme deficient in Gaucher's disease
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What was the first gene to be associated with PD?
SNCA, which encodes the protein a-synuclein
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What are some environmental factors which increase the risk for PD?
``` Pesticide exposure Prior head injury Rural living Beta blocker use Agricultural occupation Well water drinking ```
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What are some environmental factors which decrease the risk for PD?
``` Tobacco smoking Coffee drinking NSAID use CCB use Alcohol consumption ```
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What treatment is available for PD?
Symptomatic only- enhance intracerebral dopamine concentrations or stimulate dopamine receptors. Include levodopa, dopamine agonists, monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors, and amantadine
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What agents can be effective for tremor?
Anticholinergics, trihexyphenidyl or clozapine
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When would levodopa and dopamine agonists be used?
More severe symptoms
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What adverse reactions are dopamine agonists and levodopa associated with?
Nausea, daytime somnolence and oedema
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What psychological/neurological adverse reactions occur with dopamine agonists?
Impulse control disorders, hypersexuality, binge eating, compulsive spending, hallucinations (so avoid in elderly)
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What is levodopa long term sued associated with?
Motor complications (dyskinesia and motor fluctuations)
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What are some long term complications of dopaminergic therapies for PD?
Motor fluctuations, non-motor fluctuations, dyskinesia, drug induced psychosis
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What are motor fluctuations thought to result from in later disease stages?
The pulsatile stimulation of striatal dopamine receptors
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What are some pharmacological strategies to reduce dopamine fluctuations?
A dopamine agonist MAO B inhibitor COMT inhibitor
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What are some options for the management of complications of long term dopaminergic therapies?
Direct delivery of stable levodopa-carbidopa gel (duodopa) into duodenum via percutaneous endogastric gastrostomy tube attached to portable infusion pump Subcut infusion of potent dopamine agonist, apomorphine Non-dopaminergic treatments such as amantadine and clozapine can be helpful
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How is psychosis in PD managed?
Clozapine (be aware of idiosyncratic adverse drug reactions and agranulocytosis) Quetiapine
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What might reduce visual hallucinations and delusions in PD patients with dementia?
Cholinesterase inhibitors, such as rivastigmine
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What is depression associated with PD treated with?
Antidepressants: tricyclics preferably, SSRIs, extended release formulation of venlafaxine, a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor and the dopamine agonist pramipexole
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What is late stage dementia in PD treated with?
Rivastigmine
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What are the motor symptoms of PD?
Bradykinesia Rest tremor Rigidity Postural and gait impairment
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What is Bradykinesia?
Slowness of movement with progressive loss of amplitude or speed during attempted raid alternating movement of body segments
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What is hypomimia?
Decreased facial expression and eye blinking
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What is micographia?
Progressively smaller handwriting
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How is a rest tremor described?
Rhythmic oscillatory involuntary movement of affected body part at rest Vanishes with active movement
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At what frequency is a rest tremor?
Low to mid range (3-6Hz) with variable amplitude
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Where can the tremor effect people in PD?
Upper limbs, lower limbs, jaw, tongue | Not head
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How is rigidity described?
Increased muscle tone felt during examination by passive movement Resistance felt throughout full movement No increase with higher mobilising speed
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What is a positive Froment's manoeuvre?
Rigidity increased in examined body segment by voluntary movement of other body parts
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How is postural and gait impairment described?
Stooped posture owing to impaired postural reflexes -in some cases camptocormia Slow gait, occurs at narrow base with short, shuffling steps
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What is festination?
Very fast succession of steps and difficulties stopping
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What investigations are required for PD?
Rule out treatable conditions of asthenia (hypothyroidism, anaemia) Structural brain imaging Possible dopamine functional imaging: PET with fluoro-dopa, Dopamine transporter imaging with single photon emission (DAT-SPECT) (Dopamine imaging unable to distinguish PD from other causes of Parkinsonism) Positive levodopa challenge Genetic testing
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What are some red flags in PD diagnosis?
``` Absence of asymmetry of symptoms Severe axial or lower limb involvement Frequent falls Fast progression Eye movement disorder Tics, myclonus, chorea Pyramidal/cerebellar dysfunction Bulbar/psuedobulbar features Parietal associative sensory disturances Apraxia Severe cognitive deterioration or psychosis Marked autonomic dysfunction -ve levodopa challenge ```
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What is vascular parkinsonism?
Parkinsonism affects predominantly lower limbs Rest tremor uncommon Other signs of brain vascular lesions might be present Poor levodopa response Structural brain imaging will guide diagnosis
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What will be seen in Drug induced Parkinsonism?
Symmetrical Course postural tremor Presence of other drug induced disorders: orolingual dyskinesias, tardive dystonia, akathisia Series of events is important Improvement/resolution within few months of complete drug withdrawal
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What distinguishes essential tremor with tremulous PD?
Symmetric, postural or kinetic tremor with higher frequency Infrequent at rest Often AD inheritance with mean onset of 15y Alcohol responsiveness Head tremor- if present, mild
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Describe multi system atrophy
Common cause of degenerative Parkinsonism Age of onset late 6th/7th decades Core triad of dysautonomia, cerebellar features, and Parkinsonism
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What are some features of multi system atrophy?
Jerky postural tremor, pyramidal signs (generalised hyperflexia and extensor plantar responses) Suboptimal and shortlived levodopa response in 1/3 Dysarthria or dysphonia, marked antecollis inspiratory sighing, orofacial dystonia
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What may an MRI show in multi system atrophy?
Cerebellar and pontine atrophy (hot cross bun sign, or hyperintense rim surrounding putamen in T2-weighted sequences)
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What is progressive supranuclear palsy?
Symmetric akinetic-rigid syndrome with predominantly axial involvement
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What are the features of progressive supranuclear palsy?
``` Gait and balance impairment (early falls) Tremor infrequent in patients Vertical gaze supranuclear palsy Pseudobulbar symptoms Retrocollis Continuous activity of frontalis muscle with eyes wide open Frontal-subcortical cognitive deficits No levodopa response Some patients may have Parkinsonism ```
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What is fragile X-tremor ataxia syndrome?
Late-­‐onset (>50 years) neurodegenerative disorder in pts with an abnormal number of CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene, in the premutation range (55-­‐200)
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What are the core symptoms of FXTAS?
Core symptoms include cerebellar gait ataxia, postural / intention tremor, variably Parkinsonism, dysautonomia, cognitive decline of frontal type, and peripheral neuropathy
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What is the progression in FXTAS?
Slow
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What symptoms of FXTAS are seen in females with permutation (x-lined inheritance)?
Milder symptoms, often premature ovarian failure and menopause
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What MRI findings are seen in FXTAS?
T2 hyperintensities in the middle cerebellar peduncles (MCP sign)
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How is FXTAS confirmed?
Molecular testing
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What may children of FXTAS permutation carriers have?
Classical fragile X syndrome

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