What huntingtons disease?
Huntintingtons disease is an inherited genetic disease, where the brain is attacked. acoding to winpedicka encyclopedia online, this is a short explanation for it: Degeneration of neuronal cells, especially in the frontal lobes, the basal ganglia, and caudate nucleus (the striatum) occurs. There is also astrogliosis and loss of medium spiny neurons. This results in the selective degeneration of the indirect (inhibitory) pathway of the basal ganglia, via the lateral pallidum and the subthalamic nucleus coupled pacemaker system. Phisical manifastations of it are called chorea, they inclued short jerky like movments, lack of coordination, exaggerated facial gestures, inability to swallow and sometimes chew. change in gait (how a peron walks. Cognitive manifistaitions include the ability to talk properly, cognitive, critical, and abstract thinking. perceptual and spacial skills also falter, and strange mouth movments can occur. Emotional manifestaions include anxiety, deppression, aggresiv
