Diseases

Basal Ganglia Diseases

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.

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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.

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  • Basal Ganglia Disorders
  • Basal Ganglia Disease
  • Basal Ganglia Disorder
  • Extrapyramidal Disorders
  • Lenticulostriate Disorders
  • Extrapyramidal Disorder
  • Lenticulostriate Disorder

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with specific site

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History Note

79; was EXTRAPYRAMIDAL DISORDERS 1972-78 (Prov 1972-73)

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  • Movement Disorders (1966-1971)
  • specific anatomic site (1966-1971)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.079w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Basal Ganglia Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001480. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001480
  2. Basal Ganglia Diseases. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_ganglia_disease
  3. Basal Ganglia Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4866181