Neuro Degenerative Disorders

Which Disease impairs both upper and lower motor neurons?

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Parkinson's Disease

• Dementia

All of the following are symptoms of Parkinson's Disease EXCEPT:

• Demyelination of axons

• Bradykinesia

• Rigidity

• Shuffling Gait

Which disease involved demyelination of white matter in the brain and spinal cord?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

• Huntington's Disease

Dementia is another term for Alzheimer's Disease, but they are the same thing.

• True

• False

What is the hallmark of Alzheimer's Disease?

• Reduced blood flow to the brain

• Lack of dopamine in the brain

• Loss of myelin in the brain

• Build up from Beta Amyloid proteins in the brain

Chorea is rhythmic uncontrolled movements commonly seen in what disease?

• Parkinson's Disease

• Huntington's Disease

• Spinal Muscle Atrophy

• ALS

Anterior horn cells control

• Smooth muscle

• Skeletal muscle

• Sensation

• Cognitive reasoning