Week 6 class discussion

Week 6 class discussion

Pick a disorder of brain development (e.g., onset during childhood) or aging (e.g., dementia due to a neurodegenerative disorder). Explain the symptoms, how the diagnosis is made (e.g., findings on brain imaging, laboratory testing, etc.), the neurobiological basis for the disorder (e.g., CNS structures involved and neurotransmitters), and current treatment options (including mechanism of action for any drug therapies).

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This is a disease associated with aging. A person is at a higher risk of getting the disease at the onset of age 60 and above. The disease affects the central nervous system and is of a progressive and degenerative nature. Parkinson’s disease is usually caused by the loss of brain cells in the dopamine-producing section of the brain.

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter hormone responsible for the transfer of information back and forth from the sensory nerves in the body, through the spine to the brain (Scott & Dawson, 2017).

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