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| Myasthenia gravis symptoms |
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| muscular dystrophy symptoms |
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| progressive muscle degeneration |
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| damage to spinal motor neurons leading to mild to severe muscle paralysis |
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| accidental spinal cord damage symptoms |
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| paralysis in muscles served by the spinal cord areas below the point of damage |
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| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) symptoms |
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Definition
| general weakness, muscle atrophy,cramps, muscle twitching |
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| Parkinson's disease symptoms |
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Definition
| Progressive difficulty initiating movement |
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| Huntington's disease symptoms |
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Definition
| involuntary jerky movements, depression, hallucinations, delusions |
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| autoimmune damage to the nicotinic ACh receptor |
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| Muscular dystrophy causes |
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| abnormalities in the gene that encodes for the protein dystophin |
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| accidental spinal cord damage |
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| compression or laceration of the spinal cord |
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| Possible link to genetic inheritance, possible link to viral infection |
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| Parkinson's disease causes |
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Definition
| genetic risk and exposure to toxins |
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| Huntington's disease causes |
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| abnormalities in the gene that encodes for the protein huntington |
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lateral spinal cord
connected to the motor cortex and red nucleus to spinal motor neurons
voluntary fine movements of hands feet and outlerlimbs |
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ventromedial spinal cord
connected to brainstem to spinal motor neurons
maintain posture; carry out reflexive responses to sensory input |
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hindbrain
spinal motor neurons, forbrain motor sytems
sequencing of complex movements, mucsle tone, balance and coordination |
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forebrain
motor cortex, thalamus
choice and initiation of voluntary movements |
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precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe
other cortical areas, basal ganglia, brainstem, spinal motor neurons
intiation of voluntary movements |
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rostral to the primary motor cortex
thalamus, primary motor cortex
managing movement strategies |
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| supplementary motor area (SMA) |
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rostral to the primary motor cortex
thalamus, primary motor cortex
managing movement strategies |
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| anterior cingulate cortex |
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Definition
rostral portion of the gyrus doral to the corpus callosum
red nucleus and spinal motor neurons
selecton of voluntary movement based on prior reward |
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