RT Book, Section
A1 Obeso, José A.
A1 Rodríguez-Oroz, María C.
A1 Trigo-Damas, Inés
A1 Rodríguez, M.
A2 Watts, Ray L.
A2 Standaert, David G.
A2 Obeso, Jose A.
SR Print(0)
ID 55791422
T1 Chapter 5. Pathophysiology of the Basal Ganglia and Movement Disorders
T2 Movement Disorders, 3e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-161312-5
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55791422
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  term  “basal  ganglia”  (BG)  is  applied  to  several  gray  matter  structures  located  at  the  base  of  the  cerebral  hemispheres.  Nowadays,  it  is  commonly  used  to  refer  to  the  striatum  (caudate  and  putamen),  the  globus  pallidus  pars  externa  (GPe)  and  pars  interna  (GPi),  the  subthalamic  nucleus  (STN)  and,  the  substantia  nigra  pars  compacta  (SNc)  and  pars  reticulata  (SNr).  Traditionally,  the  BG  have  been  associated  with  the  control  of  movement  and  their  dysfunction  is  the  origin  of  movement  disorders  such  as  the  parkinsonian  syndrome,  hemichorea-ballismus,  and  dystonia.1