Symptoms
Slowness of thought processing.
What is bradyphrenia?
A treatment in which a battery-operated 'pace maker' is implanted in the brain to block the signals that cause tremor.
What is Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)?
The temporary, involuntary inability to take a step or initiate a movement.
What is freezing?
The group of cells deep in the base of the brain that help the cortex in controlling voluntary movement and coordination.
What is the Basal Ganglia?
Parkinson's disease is named after this MD who first discovered the condition in 1817.
Who is Dr. James Parkinson?
Difficulty pronouncing words; slurred speech
What is dysarthria?
Controversial drug that is being tested to help control symptoms of Parkinson's?
What is marijuana?
Short, shuffling steps that can result in gait that looks like a "runaway train".
What is festination?
A neurotransmitter in the brain that helps control movement.
What is dopamine?
Former Attorney General of the United States from 1993 to 2001 who had Parkinson's disease.
Who is Janet Reno?
The lack of facial expression and reduced eye blinking.
What is hypomimia?
Medications that target the loss of dopamine in the brain and are used to help Parkinson's patients.
What are dopaminergic medications?
A primary symptom of PD that consists of slowness of movement.
What is bradykinesia?
Abnormal, round clumps of protein in damaged dopamine producing brain cells.
What are Lewy Bodies?
This gender is estimated with PD one and a half times more.
Who are men?
Symptoms of PD that aren't related to movement?
What are non-motor symptoms?
Lifestyle change and healthy habit that is believed to potentially slow the progression of PD.
What is exercise?
Involuntary muscle spasms that cause abnormal movements or postures, often painful.
What is Dystonia?
Loss of nerve cells from this black pigmented region of the brain, which is rick in dopamine producing nerve cells; leads to a dopamine deficit and causes the symptoms of PD.
What is substantia nigra?
This celebrity comedian was reported to have had PD but actually was discovered to have had Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
Who is Robin Williams?
Difficulty with the high-order processes involved in planning and executing a goal.
What is executive dysfunction?
A pump then delivers carbidopa=levodopa directly to your intestine through a tube and is designed to improve absorption and reduce “off” times by delivering the drug directly to the small intestine.
What is Duopa?
Lack of balance or unsteadiness while standing or walking.
What is postural instability?
A diagnostic term meaning "of unknown origin or without apparent cause"
What is idiopathic?
This PD drug name is Latin for "without vomiting" due to the stomach distress cause by early formulations.
What is Sinemet?