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dbose

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________ is a recent treatment for Parkinson's disease that allows patients to suppress their motor symptoms..
 
  A) Electrical stimulation of the primary motor region
  B) Intracranial administration of the drug haloperidol
  C) Administration of reserpine into the spinal cord
  D) Deep electrical stimulation of the subthalamic region
  E) Infusion of GABA into the locus coeruleus

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Which of the following is true of Huntington's disease (HD)?
 
  A) HD is characterized by a poverty of movement.
  B) HD can be cured using pallidotomy.
  C) People who develop HD at a younger age have shorter stretches of glutamine.
  D) HD is a hereditary disorder involving chromosome 4.
  E) HD involves degeneration of the mesolimbic DA system.


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s.meritte

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: D
Rationale: Deep electrical stimulation of the subthalamic region is a recent treatment for Parkinson's disease that allows patients to suppress their motor symptoms.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D
Rationale: HD is a hereditary disorder involving chromosome 4.


dbose

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Excellent

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