Assignment Help: What is the difference between a resting tremor and an intention tremor?
- What effect does heat have on nociceptors so that it makes a good nonpharmacologic treatment for pain?
- Heat and cold treatment are both hypothesized to have an effect on the release of endogenous opioids. What are these chemicals, and why are they hypothesized to be beneficial in the body?
- Using your knowledge of physiology, how do NSAID analgesics function in the management of pain?
- What is the difference between a resting tremor and an intention tremor?
- What is the advantage of combining levodopa with carbidopa? What is the benefit of anticholinergic drugs in the management of Parkinson disease?
- Parkinson disease involves the destruction of the substantia nigra and the nigrostriatal pathway. Where are these structures anatomically?
- The patient with Parkinson disease typically presents with a masklike facial expression. Why does he or she have a masklike facial expression? How are the eyes, mouth, and laryngopharynx affected by this disease?
