Which two neurotransmitters can cause Parkinson's?
Acetylcholine and dopamine when they are imbalanced.
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What are these neurotransmitter responsible for?
Transmission of signals to the brain, they pass information from one neuron to the next.
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What happens when they are unbalanced?
involuntary movement is caused, there is not enough for the person to control the movement themselves. Decreased movement, abnormal walking and bad posture.
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What causes these imbalances?
Usually nothing.
There is a specific type of reversable Parkinson's which can be caused by drugs. (e.g., phenothiazines, butyrophenones, metoclopramide, reserpine and tetrabenazine)
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How can dopamine neurones in the brain be destroyed?
By the recreational drug MPTP
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What can symptoms of Parkinson's sometimes be caused by?
Carbon sulphate or manganese dust.
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Treatment of Parkinson's
L-Dopa (levodopa)- Commonly prescribes medicine for treatment.
Best for controlling the symptoms which come with Parkinson's (rigid body parts, slow movements)
When taken is begins working as the brain changes it to the dopamine that it needs.
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Transmission of signals to the brain, they pass information from one neuron to the next.
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What are these neurotransmitter responsible for?
Card 3
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involuntary movement is caused, there is not enough for the person to control the movement themselves. Decreased movement, abnormal walking and bad posture.
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Card 4
Front
Usually nothing.
There is a specific type of reversable Parkinson's which can be caused by drugs. (e.g., phenothiazines, butyrophenones, metoclopramide, reserpine and tetrabenazine)
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