Which of the following diseases is a chronic, degenerative,
progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by
the occurrence of small patches of demyelination in the brain and
spinal cord?
a) Multiple sclerosis
The cause of MS is not known and the disease affects twice as many
women as men.
b) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
caused by destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia
nigra in the basal ganglia of the brain.
c) Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s disease is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of
the nervous system that results in progressive involuntary dance-like
movement and dementia.
d) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease is a rare, transmissible, progressive fatal
disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform
degeneration of the gray matter of the brain.
progressive disease of the central nervous system characterized by
the occurrence of small patches of demyelination in the brain and
spinal cord?
a) Multiple sclerosis
The cause of MS is not known and the disease affects twice as many
women as men.
b) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
caused by destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia
nigra in the basal ganglia of the brain.
c) Huntington’s disease
Huntington’s disease is a chronic, progressive, hereditary disease of
the nervous system that results in progressive involuntary dance-like
movement and dementia.
d) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease is a rare, transmissible, progressive fatal
disease of the central nervous system characterized by spongiform
degeneration of the gray matter of the brain.