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bcretired

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An example of a generalized seizure is a(n) _______________ seizure.
 
  a. autonomic
  b. absence
  c. psychic
  d. motor

Question 2

Explain the current treatments for Parkinson's disease (PD).
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Parkinson's disease involves a progressive deterioration of dopamine neurons from the substantia nigra that innervate the basal ganglia. The standard drug treatment is L-DOPA, which can cross the blood-brain barrier and which is in turn converted into dopamine. Three surgical treatments include transplantation of fetal dopamine neurons into the caudate nucleus; stereotaxically-guided damage to the internal division of globus pallidus (which is inhibitory for movement); the final procedure involves implanting electrodes within the subthalamic nucleus through which electrical stimulation can be delivered to suppress tremors in PD.





 

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