Parkinson's involves low dopamine and high acetylcholine. Low dopamine causes problems in four areas: motor function, memory, cognition, and motivation. High acetylcholine creates jerky muscle movements.
Let's walk through some key critical thinking points for Parkinson's disease. So Parkinson's is caused by a decrease in dopamine and an increase in acetylcholine. Now, here's a memory trick for you. Dopamine is helpful with motor function, memory, mind, and motivation. So remember the four M's, motor function, memory, mind, cognition, and motivation. So without those, those are going to be decreased because of this lack of dopamine and Parkinson's disease. That's where we get a lot of the signs and symptoms for it. Now, acetylcholine is another one that plays a key role in this disease, and that helps with muscle movement. So when acetylcholine is increased in Parkinson's disease, it will cause jerky movement. So remember the memory trick, I can't settle down or I can't settle down. So the memory trick, acetylcholine, I can't settle down.
