Mesh term Parkinsonian Disorders
Browse to parent terms:Basal Ganglia Diseases
Movement Disorders
Description
A group of disorders which feature impaired motor control characterized by bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TREMOR; and postural instability. Parkinsonian diseases are generally divided into primary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE), secondary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) and inherited forms. These conditions are associated with dysfunction of dopaminergic or closely related motor integration neuronal pathways in the BASAL GANGLIA.Browse to child terms:
Lewy Body Disease
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease, Secondary
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