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Motor Pathways 199 200 Synopsis of Functional Components generic relafen 500 mg on-line, Tracts discount relafen 500mg otc, Pathways, and Systems Cranial Nerve Efferents (III, IV, VI, XI-AccNu, XII) 7–15 The origin and peripheral distribution of GSE fibers from the addition, the pupil may be unaffected (pupillary sparing) or dilated and oculomotor, trochlear, abducens, spinal accessory, and hypoglossal fixed. Lesions in the midbrain that involve the root of the IIIrd nerve nuclei. Also shown are GVE fibers arising from the Edinger-Westphal and the crus cerebri give rise to a superior alternating (crossed) hemiplegia. Internuclear abducens neurons project, via the MLF, to con- on the ipsilateral side and a contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities. Because, in humans, the trapez- on downward and inward gaze (tilting the head may give some relief ), and ius and sternocleidomastoid muscles originate from cervical somites the eye is slightly elevated when the patient looks straight ahead. In these patients, the affected eye is slightly ad- motor neurons innervating the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid ducted, and diplopia is pronounced on attempted gaze to the lesioned muscles are found in cervical cord levels C1 to approximately C6. Damage in the caudal and medial pons may involve the fibers of Neurotransmitters: Acetylcholine (and probably calcitonin the VIth nerve and the adjacent corticospinal fibers in the basilar pons, gene-related peptide, CGRP) is found in the motor neurons of cranial giving rise to a middle alternating (crossed) hemiplegia. This substance is also ipsilateral paralysis of the lateral rectus muscle and a contralateral found in cells of the Edinger-Westphal nucleus and the ciliary ganglion. The XIth nerve may be damaged cen- Clinical Correlations: Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a disease caused trally (as in syringobulbia or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or at the jugular by autoantibodies that may directly block nicotinic acetylcholine foramen with resultant paralysis of the ipsilateral sternocleidomastoid receptors or damage the postsynaptic membrane (via complement me- and upper parts of the trapezius muscle. Oc- Central injury to the XIIth nucleus or fibers (as in the medial ular movement disorders (diplopia, ptosis) are seen first in approxi- medullary syndrome or in syringobulbia) or to its peripheral parts (as in mately 50% of patients and are present in approximately 85% of all polyneuropathy or tumors) results in deviation of the tongue toward the MG patients. Movements of the neck and tongue may also be impaired, lesioned side on attempted protrusion. A lesion in the medial aspects with the latter contributing to dysphagia and dysarthria. Lesions of the IIIrd nerve (as in the Weber syndrome or in carotid cav- This is characterized by a paralysis of the ipsilateral side of the tongue ernous aneurysms) may result in 1) ptosis, 2) lateral and downward devi- (XIIth root damage) and contralateral hemiplegia of the extremities ation of the eye, and 3) diplopia (except on ipsilateral lateral gaze). Abbreviations AbdNr Abducens nerve OcNu Oculomotor nucleus AbdNu Abducens nucleus PO Principal olivary nucleus AccNr Accessory nerve Py Pyramid AccNu Accessory nucleus (spinal accessory nu. If especially large, a vestibular schwannoma may vagus (via the nucleus ambiguus) nerves. Also shown are the origin of compress the trigeminal nerve root and result in a hemifacial sensory GVE preganglionic parasympathetic fibers from the superior (to facial loss that may include the oral cavity.

Respiratory acidosis is an abnormal process characterized lungs relafen 750 mg low cost, and the kidneys generic relafen 500 mg visa. The concentration ratio (base/acid) of any buffer diminishing the severity of the acidemia. The bicarbonate/CO buffer pair is effective in buffering in compensate by increasing the excretion of filtered HCO , 2 3 the body because its components are present in large thereby, diminishing the alkalemia. The respiratory system influences plasma pH by regulating by a gain of acid (other than H CO ) or a loss of HCO. The Respiratory compensation is hyperventilation, and renal kidneys influence plasma pH by getting rid of acid or base compensation is an increased excretion of H bound to uri- in the urine. Metabolic alkalosis is an abnormal process characterized tion of filtered HCO , excretion of titratable acid, and by a gain of strong base or HCO or a loss of acid (other 3 3 excretion of ammonia. Respiratory compensation is hypoventilation, 3 2 3 plasma and replenishes depleted HCO when titratable and renal compensation is an increased excretion of 3 acid (normally mainly H PO ) and ammonia (as NH ) HCO. The stability of intracellular pH is ensured by membrane [HCO ] and is most useful in narrowing down possible 3 transport of H and HCO , by intracellular buffers causes of metabolic acidosis. For example, the in extracellular fluid because ECF is easier to analyze than [H ] of arterial blood is normally 35 to 45 nmol/L (pH intracellular fluid and is the fluid used in the clinical eval- 7. In practice, systemic arterial ance; inputs and outputs of acids and bases are matched so blood is used as the reference for this purpose. Measure- 426 CHAPTER 25 Acid-Base Balance 427 ments on whole blood with a pH meter give values for strength of the solution. A strong acid has a high K and a the [H ] of plasma and, therefore, provide an ECF pH a measurement. A REVIEW OF ACID-BASE CHEMISTRY pH Is Inversely Related to [H ] In this section, we briefly review some principles of acid- [H ] is often expressed in pH units. We define acid, base, acid dissociation tion defines pH: constant, weak and strong acids, pKa, pH, and the Hender- son-Hasselbalch equation and explain buffering. Students pH log10 (1/[H ]) log10 [H ] who already feel comfortable with these concepts can skip where [H ] is in mol/L.

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While it is generally assumed that some of this latter ACh was always in the synaptosomal cytoplasm probably half of it (20% of the original) comes from disrupted vesicles order relafen 750mg line. This mixture of vesicular and cytoplasmic ACh is called the labile pool and is probably the most important source of releasable ACh 750mg relafen amex, and also where newly synthesised ACh is found. Thus in studies in which tissue has been incubated with labelled precursor choline not only is this pool (fraction) heavily labelled but since most of the released ACh is also labelled it is assumed to come from this pool. With the passage of time there is interchange of ACh between the labile and the so-called fixed pool and in the absence of adequate resynthesis, i. Morphological evidence has also been obtained for two distinct vesicles with one designated VP1 (see Whittaker 1987; Zinnerman et al. It is the latter which are thought to be incompletely filled with ACETYLCHOLINE 121 ACh and considered to be the vesicles in the labile releasable pool. The evidence for and the actual mechanism of the vesicular release of ACh, mostly gained from studies at peripheral synapses, has been covered in Chapter 4. Apart from inhibitingthe uptake of choline and hence its availability for ACh synthesis, with hemicholinium (see above), there are no drugs that directly affect the actual storage or release of ACh. Some experimental tools have, however, been used such as vesamicol, which appears to block the packaging of ACh into its vesicles and thus initiates the slow rundown of releasable vesicular ACh. Botulinum toxin produced by the anaerobic bacillus Clostridium botulinum is unbelievably toxic with a minimum lethal mouse dose of 10À12 g. Its occurrence in certain, generally preserved, foods leads to an extremely serious form of poisoning (botulism) resultingin progressive parasympathetic, motor and eventually respiratory paralysis and death. Despite this frighteningprofile, the toxin is findingincreasingtherapeutic use in relievingsome forms of localised muscle spasm such as those of the eyelids (blepharospasm). Obviously it has to be injected directly into the muscle in carefully calculated small amounts. Provided this is achieved its firm bindingand slow dissociation ensures a local effect that can last a number of weeks. Beta-bungarotoxin, a protein in cobra snake venom, also binds to cholinergic nerves to stop ACh release while a-bungarotoxin (from the same source) binds firmly to peripheral postsynaptic nicotinic receptors. While there is no active neuronal uptake of ACh itself, cholinergic nerve terminals do possess autoreceptors.