BIOL1002 - Brain And Behaviour Assignment - Curtin University

Assignment Task 

Questions 

1. Briefly describe the key changes in the brain that underlie the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s?

2. Name and describe the three main physical symptoms of Parkinson’s that Anon demonstrated before his formal diagnosis. You should provide an example of each symptom from My Parkinson’s Journey?

3. Following a cognitive assessment, Anon was identified as having two difficulties relating to his cognition. Using examples from My Parkinson’s Journey describe how these cognitive issues impacted his everyday life and separate practical strategies that could help Anon in everyday life. These strategies should be your own ideas, so do not need to be referenced?

4. Some people with Parkinson’s have problems with addictive behaviours such as pathological gambling. This is thought to be associated with the changes to striatal Dopamine in Parkinson’s, which sometimes is part of the condition and sometimes is associated with medications. Dopamine plays a role in gambling behaviour. What do the findings of Van Holst et al. tell us about Dopamine in the brains of pathological gamblers?

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