APA 2120 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: L-Dopa, Vise, Cathode

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2120
• Professor: Tony Carlsen

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Explain the two major ways that the disease is managed. (it is a hypokinetic disorder) Main cause = degeneration of the basal ganglia, which leads to a lack dopamine production, as cells in the basal ganglia that secrete dopamine are dying off. Rigidity , tremor, balance defecits , bradykinesia (slow moving) Surgury~ dbs (deep brain stimulation) , electrodes are inserted into brain and are hooked up to basal ganglia. They stimulate parts of brain that would normally be stimulated by dopamine. Drugs~ use levodopa, which is converted into dopamine in the body and relieves symptoms. Briefly describe the experimental task; c) explain the main findings of the study. One group had parkinsons the other did not. Participants were shown a frying pan which had an arrow pointing either left or right. But vidual cues may helpparkinsons people to bypass neural processes needed for endogenous motor rogramming and enable actions in the visual envionrment.