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1

Loss of striatal fibres in caudate nucleus is associated with?

AHemiballismus

BHuntington's disease

CCharcot-Marie-Tooth disease

DParkinson's disease

2

All the following apply to Parkinson disease except

Atremors at rest and muscular rigidity

Bsecondary involvement of the parietal cortex

Cinvolvement of dopaminergic neurons

Dprimary involvement of the substantia nigra

3

A 60-year-old man has resting tremor, pill-rolling movements, rigidity, and bradykinesia. Which of the following is most likely to be decreased in this man?

AGABA neurons in the caudate nucleus and putamen

BSerotonin neurons in the raphe nuclei

CAcetylcholine neurons in the forebrain

DDopamine neurons in the substantia nigra

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