Which of the following diseases is a rare, transmissible,
progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system
characterized by spongiform degeneration of the gray matter of the
brain?
a) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
The disease causes severe dementia and myoclonus.
b) Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the
CNS characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination
in the brain and spinal cord.
c) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
due to destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra
in the basal ganglia of the brain.
d) 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.
progressive fatal disease of the central nervous system
characterized by spongiform degeneration of the gray matter of the
brain?
a) Creutzfeldt-Jakob’s disease
The disease causes severe dementia and myoclonus.
b) Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative, progressive disease of the
CNS characterized by the occurrence of small patches of demyelination
in the brain and spinal cord.
c) Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is associated with decreased levels of dopamine
due to destruction of pigmented neuronal cells in the substantia nigra
in the basal ganglia of the brain.
d) 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.