Guillian Barre
AD
Parkinson's Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
100
These may be triggering factors
What is EBV, CMV, or Mycloplasma Pneumoniae
100
Over 85 years old
When does more that 50% of individuals have this disease?
100
Trauma, infection, or nothing, really
What are possible triggers for Parkinson's?
100
this location puts you at risk
What is a Northern climate (also maybe a virus in adolescence)
100
Triggers and Causes
What is a mystery?
200
Characterized by this loss of Movement
What is flaccid paralysis
200
mainly by ruling out other diseases and on autopsy
What is the method of dx for AD
200
Produced by the substantia nigra in the basal ganglie
What is dopamine?
200
Short circuits axonal transmission
What is demyelination of CNS tracts?
200
Excitatory transmitter that is toxic if undegraded
What is glumatate?
300
Results in significant axonal conduction slowing
What is Reversible conduction block at the nodes of ranvier
300
Judgment, reasoning and language processing
What is lost in AD?
300
Bradykinesias
What is slowing of movement?
300
Accounts for early signs of visual disturbance
What is optic nerve degeneration
300
Affects only these neurons
What is motor?
400
Treatments include these essential supports
What is ventilatory support and intensive nursing care
400
Most white matter loss is located here
What is the cerebral cortex
400
Caused by loss of autoregulation in the nerve feedback loop
What is tremors?
400
Before 15 and after 50
When is MS rarely diagnosed?
400
Usually initially affected
What is speech, swallow, voluntary movement
500
Cerebrospinal fluid filtration
What is the newest treatment idea in GBS
500
The most usual supportive treatment
What is cognitive therapy?
500
Common treatment that mimics a neurotransmitter
What is dopaminergics (Levadopa)?
500
May reduce the amount of inflammation in the CNS, results in improvement in 18-30% of individuals with MS
What is Interferon B (also steroids)
500
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV), polio, West Nile virus, and Lyme disease
What can produce ALS-like symptoms?
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