Contrast the symptoms and etiology of Huntington's disease with that of Parkinson's disease
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Huntington's disease (HD) is caused by degeneration of the caudate nucleus and the putamen (and loss of GABA function). The disease is marked by uncontrollable jerky movements of the arms and legs. Parkinson's disease is associated with neurodegeneration of the nigrostriatal dopamine system and involves tremor at rest, muscle rigidity, slowness of movement, and postural instability.
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a. mild, pleasant; mild, unpleasant b. strong, pleasant; strong, unpleasant c. mild, unpleasant; mild, pleasant d. strong, unpleasant; strong, pleasant
You are completing a research project on the history of mental illness for your psychology course. Based on your reading, if you visited an asylum in sixteenth-century Europe, you would likely find __________.
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