What disease is associated with rapid, jerky movements that occur involuntarily?

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What disease is associated with rapid, jerky movements that occur involuntarily? Which part of the brain carries the lesion? Describe the actions of someone with damage to the cerebellum who is showing signs of ataxia and intention tremor Why are smoke detectors necessary to arouse a person from sleep even though smoke itself has a strong odor? Does body temperature and blood pressure change during sleep? If so, when? How might caffeine work to keep a person awake? Where do new memories occur in the brain? What other parts of the brain are involved in memory? Long-term potentiatiorn Memory consolidation

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Parkinson's disease.it affects the substantia nigra of the brain.

Cerebellum mainly plays a role in maintaining coordination.in case of cerebellar damage,the patient shows asynergia,dysmetria,adiadokokinesia,intentional tremor,ataxic gait,hypoyonia,ataxic dysarthria,nystagmus

Body temperature and blood pressure lowers during night.while sleeping they fall and they start to raise before wake up

Caffeine blocks the effect of adenosine which is responsible for inducing sleep

New memories occur in amygdala and hippocampus.in amygdala emotional memories are formed whereas in hippocampus long term memories are formed.

Frontal lobe,prefrontal cortex,temporal lobe,c cerebellum and motor cortex also play a part in memory.

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