An Illustrated Pocketbook of Parkinson''''''''s Disease and Related Disorders pot

... magnetic resonance imaging, and pathological study. Mov Disord 1995;10:754–60 AN ILLUSTRATED POCKETBOOK OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE 23 An Illustrated Pocketbook of MRI. Disease and Related Disorders Figure ... Parkinson’s disease 10 AN ILLUSTRATED POCKETBOOK OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE Figure 12 Parkinson’s disease: impaired fist clenching AN ILLUSTRATED PO...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 22:20

... hips, and the head and trunk on standing. Tremor is a recognized feature of certain neurop- athies and is usually action -related. Rubral tremor is a coarse resting tremor exacerbated by posture and ... activities of the hand are spared. Typically, excessive force is used, and the pen is held in an abnormal posture. The movement is often accompanied by inappro- priate movement...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 22:20

... contain the mutant disease- causing protein The principal disease- causing proteins, beta- amyloid and tau for Alzheimer’s (Fassbender et al., 2001; Mandelkow and Mandelkow, 1998), alpha-synuclein and parkin ... between disease duration and pathological stage or between disease dura- tion and increasing cognitive decline (Braak et al., 2005). The lack of any relationship be-...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 17:20

... behavior and appearance, ambulation and move- ment, mood and affect, speech, thought processes and content, insight and judgment, and basic cognition. Observation of patients is an important data-gathering ... the Ahmanson Biological Imaging Division, and Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, respectively; and my family—my wife Wei, our kids, our parents...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... daytime sleepiness and abrupt withdrawal has been associated with dysauto- nomia, anxiety and panic. SSRIs may help to improve anhedonia and loss of interest and relieve anxiety and panic attacks. ... Loss of interest and anhedonia are core features of the depressive syndrome in PD. Anxiety and panic attacks are also common in PD and may antedate the first manifestation...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 17:20

... better under- stand the normal function of the basal ganglia and the pathophysiology of movement disorders and will, in turn, promote the improvement of current and the development of new therapeutic ... Pathophysiology of Movement Disorders Thomas Wichmann and Jerrold L. Vitek 1. INTRODUCTION Insights into the structure and function of the basal ganglia and their...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... pronation and supination of the hand (repetitively slapping the palm and then the dorsal surface of the hand on the thigh) may be similarly analyzed. Similarly, alternating opening and closing of a ... Head, Movement Disorders Program, Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio S USAN M. MURPHY, M.D. • Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Me...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... Alzheimer’s disease and those who live with and care for them. THE END OF A CAREER Helen and her husband were looking forward to retirement. Helen, 56, was a professional financial planner. She ... successful, and well respected in her community. At home, she and her husband especially enjoyed spending time with their six grandchildren. There, Helen could put numbers and finan...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 23:20

... gold standard, rest conform to class 1A. c NINCDS–ADRDA = National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association. d Definite and ... (941–1231) pg/ml. 19 . 18 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ANNUAL 02-Chapter 2 5 8/31/05 11:09 AM Page 18 5 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2014, 22:21