making things happen - 2 motor disorders how your brain works - week 7 dr. jan schnupp...
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Making Things Happen - 2Motor Disorders
How Your Brain Works - Week 7
Dr. Jan [email protected]
HowYourBrainWorks.net
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Subcortical Motor Structures
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The Basal
Ganglia• GPi = globus
pallidus internal segment
• GPe = globus pallidus external
• STN= subthalamic nucleus
• Sub Nig = Substantia Nigra (pars compacta)
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The Motor Loop
• Excitatory (Glutamatergic) connections shown in dark green
• Inhibitory (GABAergic) connections shown in red
• Dopaminergic connections shown in sky blue
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Parkinson’s Disease
• The cause of Parkinson’s disease is a degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta
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Dopamine Biosynthesis
andL-DOPA
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Why Substantia
Nigra neurons are black
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Parkinsonian Tremor & Bradykinesia
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jclJVrLODQA
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Parkinsonian Gaitand L-DOPA treatment
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf1N0Zf5IqA
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Dyskinesia
• A common side-effect of L-DOPA therapy• The case shown here is quite severe
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Michael Fox backs stem cell research
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Cell Differentiation
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MPPP and MPTP
• MPPP is a synthetic heroin substitute• MPTP is a contaminant that can arise from MPPP
synthesis. It kills dopaminergic neurons and makes people (or animals) instantly Parkinsonian.
• Some successes have been reported in treating MPTP poisoned addicts with embryonic tissue grafts.
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Break
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Deep Brain Stimulation
• DBS most commonly targets the subthalamic nucleus
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Treating Parkinsonian Tremor with DBS
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Y9f4Xr42o
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Dystonia before and after DBS
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Huntington’s Disease
• A genetic mutation of the HTT gene on chromosome 4 causes premature neural cell death in homozygous carriers.
• Spiny stellate neurons projecting from putamen to the GPe are the first affected.
• As the disease progresses, damage is more widespread.
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Motor Related Areas of Cortex
SomatosensoryCortexSomatosensoryCortexSomatosensoryCortex
Premotor Area
Frontal EyeFields Primary Motor
Cortex
SupplementaryMotor Area
Broca’s Area
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The Forebrain: Loops Upon Loops
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Mesolimbic Mesocortical Dopamine Pathways
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Huntington’s Chorea
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Reported prevalences of behavioural and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease[
Reported prevalences of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease[10]
Irritability 38–73%
Apathy 34–76%
Anxiety 34–61%
Depressed mood 33–69%
Obsessive and compulsive 10–52%
Psychotic 3–11%
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Dopaminergic Antagonists
• Dopamine
• Chlorpromazine
• Numerous dopamine antagonists are used to treat diseases including obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette’s syndrome, anxiety disorders and psychotic states.
• Parkinson-like symptoms are common side effects.
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A Look Ahead
• Today’s lecture revolved around the role of “tonic” Dopamine levels as a sort of “thermostat” of activity levels in motor, cognitive and limbic loops around the brain.
• However, the activity of dopaminergic neurons in the SN and VTA also changes in a “phasic” manner that appears to predict how “rewarding” a particular activity is likely to be.