A patient, brought to the clinic by his son, is diagnosed with Huntington's disease. The son asks what causes his father to do the things he does. What would be the nurse's best response?
A) "Your father's brain is slowly rebuilding the area called the striatum."
B) "Your father's brain is trying to rebuild the area of the brain that controls movement."
C) "Your father's brain is dying in the area of the brain that controls movement."
D) "Your father's brain is dying and there is nothing we can do about it."
Ans: C
Feedback: The basic pathology involves premature death of cells in the striatum (caudate and putamen) of the basal ganglia, the region deep within the brain that is involved in the control of movement.
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