LMP410H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Neurodegeneration, Hypokinesia, Inclusion Bodies
31 Mar 2016
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Common properies and strategies (in diagnosis and treatment) o o o o o. A neurodegeneraive disease is deterioraion of speciic subsets of neurons they are classically known as condiions two: motor and memory (related to demenia) Synucleanopathothies there is a protein called alpha-synuclein is main toxin protein. Triple nucleoide repeats main cause is geneic. Less common diseases can be diagnosed thru beter imaging techniques. Deiniive diagnosis can only be delivered post-mortem (extracing the brain and histology) o. Heterogeneous parkinson"s disease can lead to cogniive factors. Most diseases are age related (most of the ime don"t see them in teenagers) as we age we develop these diseases (50
