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Making Things Happen - 2 Motor Disorders

How Your Brain Works - Week 7 Dr. Jan Schnupp jan.schnupp@dpag.ox.ac.uk HowYourBrainWorks.net. Making Things Happen - 2 Motor Disorders. Subcortical Motor Structures. The Basal Ganglia. GPi = globus pallidus internal segment GPe = globus pallidus external STN= subthalamic nucleus

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Making Things Happen - 2 Motor Disorders

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  1. How Your Brain Works - Week 7 Dr. Jan Schnupp jan.schnupp@dpag.ox.ac.uk HowYourBrainWorks.net Making Things Happen - 2Motor Disorders

  2. Subcortical Motor Structures

  3. The Basal Ganglia • GPi = globus pallidus internal segment • GPe = globus pallidus external • STN= subthalamic nucleus • Sub Nig = Substantia Nigra (pars compacta)

  4. The Motor Loop • Excitatory (Glutamatergic) connections shown in dark green • Inhibitory (GABAergic) connections shown in red • Dopaminergic connections shown in sky blue

  5. Parkinson’s Disease • The cause of Parkinson’s disease is a degeneration of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta

  6. Dopamine BiosynthesisandL-DOPA

  7. Why Substantia Nigra neurons are black

  8. Parkinsonian Tremor & Bradykinesia • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jclJVrLODQA

  9. Parkinsonian Gaitand L-DOPA treatment • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf1N0Zf5IqA

  10. Dyskinesia • A common side-effect of L-DOPA therapy • The case shown here is quite severe

  11. Michael Fox backs stem cell research

  12. Cell Differentiation

  13. 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.

  14. Break

  15. Deep Brain Stimulation • DBS most commonly targets the subthalamic nucleus

  16. Treating Parkinsonian Tremor with DBS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Y9f4Xr42o

  17. Dystonia before and after DBS

  18. 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.

  19. Motor Related Areas of Cortex Supplementary Motor Area Frontal Eye Fields Primary Motor Cortex Somatosensory Somatosensory Somatosensory Cortex Cortex Cortex Broca’s Area Premotor Area

  20. The Forebrain: Loops Upon Loops

  21. Mesolimbic Mesocortical Dopamine Pathways

  22. Huntington’s Chorea

  23. Reported prevalences of behavioural and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease[ Reported prevalences of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in Huntington's disease[10]

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

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