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.

Year introduced: 1979

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Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.079

MeSH Unique ID: D001480

Entry Terms:

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

Previous Indexing:

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

All MeSH Categories
Diseases Category
Nervous System Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Brain Diseases
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease
Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage +
Chorea Gravidarum
Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
Hepatolenticular Degeneration
Huntington Disease
Meige Syndrome
Multiple System Atrophy
Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
Shy-Drager Syndrome
Striatonigral Degeneration
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration
Parkinsonian Disorders
Lewy Body Disease
Parkinson Disease
Parkinson Disease, Secondary +
Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
Tourette Syndrome