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EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM DISORDERS. BASAL GANGLION DYSFUNCTION. ANATOMY Caudate nucleaus Putamen Globus pallidus Substantia nigra Subthalamic nuleus Thallamus. EFFECTS OF DYSFUNCTION IN GENERAL Involuntary movements Altered movements slow Interrupted Uncordinated
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ANATOMY • Caudate nucleaus • Putamen • Globus pallidus • Substantia nigra • Subthalamic nuleus • Thallamus
EFFECTS OF DYSFUNCTION INGENERAL • Involuntary movements • Altered movements • slow • Interrupted • Uncordinated • Posture and tone altered
MOVEMENT DISORDERS BRADYKINETIC ---TOO LITTLE • Parkinson disease • Wilsons disease • Huntingtons disease
HYPERKINETIC –TOO MUCH • Athetosis • Hemiballismus • Dystonia • Dyskinesia • Chorea • Myoclonus • Tremors • Tics
NEUROTRANSMITTERS • Dopamine > Ach = hyperkinetic • Ach > dopamine =hypokinetic
CAUSES OF EXTRAPYRAMIDALDISORDERS • Drugs---chlorpromazine ---butyrophenons ---metochlorpramide ---reserpine
Causes cont. • Toxins—CO and manganese poisoning • Inherited and metabolic disorders : • wilsons disease • spinocerebellar ataxia • Encephalitis lethargica • Diffuse small vascular disease
Causes cont. • Inherited or degenerative disease • huntingtons disease • progressive supra nuclear gaze palsy {Steel Richardson}
PARKINSONS DISEASE • Effects dopaminergic neurons • Neurons are lost from substantia nigra • Rarely presents before 50 years • Neurodegenerative disease • Equal sex distribution
CLINICAL FEATURES Characterized by: • Tremors • Rigidity • bradykinesia
TREMORS • Rest tremor • Starts in the thumb • Adduction and abduction of the thumb • Pill rolling • Tremors may effect the legs, mouth or the tongue
RIGIDITY • Leadpipe or plastic • Cogwheel BRADYKINESIA • Slow movements • Develop gradually • Impairement of fine movements
General clinical features • Slow and monotonous speech • Greasy skin • Expressionless face ---mask face • Infrequent blinking • Flexed posture • Reduced arm swing
Clinical features cont. • Gait—slow in initiating ---rapid small steps tendency to run- festination ---shuffling • Impaired balance • Glabber tap
Clinical features cont. • Muscle power is normal • Reflexes –normal • Sensations –normal • Cognitive abnormality as the disease advances
INVESTIGATIONS • Clinical diagnosis • Exclude other causes –pts who present before 50 years • Brain CT scan or MRI
TREATMENT • Levodopa • Anticholinergic drugs • Amantadine • Dopamine agonists—bromocriptine, pergolide • COMT inhibitors (catechol-o-methyl transferase)—tolcapone • MAO –inhibitors--selegine
HUNTINGTONS DISEASE • Inherited disorder • Autosomal dominant • Males females equally affected • Presents during the 4th decade • Chorea which worsens with time • Cognitive disorders • Dementia
Cont. • Abnormal facial movement • Mood swings • Jaw clenching • Slurred speech • Difficulty in walking • Personality changes
Cont. • Abnormal facial movement • Mood swings • Jaw clenching • Slurred speech • Difficulty in walking • Personality changes
WILSONS DISEASE • Hepato lenticular disorder • Autosomal recessive • Treatable cause of parkinsonsim • Due to deposition of copper in basal ganglia • Onset during childhood rarely in adulthood
Cont. • Present with liver disease in childhood • Impaired concentration • Decling intellect • Behavioural problems • Involuntary movements • Generalized dystonia
Cont. • Ataxia • Kayser Fleicher ring Diagnosis • Serum ceruloplasmin level • 24 hour urine for copper • LFT • Liver biopsy
HYPERKINETIC MOVEMENTS • large variety of hyperkinetic disorders • Most are organic • All movements disappear during sleep
CHOREA • Continous unsustained rapid abrupt and random contractures • Small fidgety movements • Distal muscles involved
CAUSES • Huntingtons disease • Drugs—Rx of parkinsonism , oral c.pills • SLE • Sydenhams chorea • Wilsons disease • Polycythemia • Friedricks ataxia
HEMIBALLISMUS • Throwing of the limbs on one side of the body • Usually due to CVA involving the subthalamic nucleus
MYOCLONUS • Simple jerky movements that are not co-ordinated or suppressible CAUSES • Renal failure • Hepatic failure • Creutz feldt jacob disease • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
DYSTONIA • Repeated patterned twisting and sustained movements that may be either slow or rapid • Involuntary movements occur before 20 years
Dystonia Cont. • Disturbance of the affected muscle groups depend upon age --distally---in children ---cranial - cervical ---adults
Dystonia cont. • Primary----focal----torticollis ----writers cramps generalized • Secondary----wilsons disease ----toxins
ATHETOSIS • Writhing movements • Mainly due to cerebral palsy DYSKINESIA • Tardive—drugs-> 6 wks exposure to dopamine agonists • Orofacial repeated movements
TREMORS • Physiological • Familial • Resting—parkinsons disease • Intention or action ---cerebellar
TICS • Brief stereotyped supressible movements • Worse with stress Cause Dopamine excess causes inhibition of limbic system Rx Dopamine agonist