Mesh term Basal Ganglia Diseases
Browse to parent terms:Brain Diseases
Description
Diseases of the BASAL GANGLIA including the PUTAMEN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; claustrum; AMYGDALA; and CAUDATE NUCLEUS. DYSKINESIAS (most notably involuntary movements and alterations of the rate of movement) represent the primary clinical manifestations of these disorders. Common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.Browse to child terms:
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease
Chorea Gravidarum
Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Huntington Disease
Meige Syndrome
Multiple System Atrophy
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Parkinsonian Disorders
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
Tourette Syndrome
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