Health Sciences 4074A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Substantia Nigra, Deep Brain Stimulation, Basal Ganglia
Learning objectives: describe stroke and parkinson"s disease (pd), including pathology, prevalence, and common symptoms. Increases levels of dopamine: physical aid, trick the brain, surgical, deep brain stimulation, exercise, reduce symptoms or progression of disease. Increase blood flow, help release dopamine, reduces inflammation in brain and else where. Stroke: ~740,000 strokes/year in canada, damage to brain cells, due to lack of oxygen, types, hemorrhagic bursting of blood vessel. Effects of exercise in patients with parkinson"s disease. Increased or maintained: strength, balance & mobility, adl performance, exercise capacity/fitness, benefits often not as great as for healthy age- matched individuals, more likely to see a maintained rather than improvement which is beneficial. Increased: strength, mobility, adl performance, exercise capacity/fitness, describe the goals and prescriptive guidelines for exercise in stroke survivors and individuals with pd. Exercise for patients with pd: differences from health oa: less intensity during aerobic exercise.