"Basal Ganglia Diseases" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.079
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| Concept/Terms |
Basal Ganglia Diseases- Basal Ganglia Diseases
- Basal Ganglia Disease
- Basal Ganglia Disorders
- Basal Ganglia Disorder
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Basal Ganglia Diseases" by people in Profiles.
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Isolated cerebral mucormycosis of the basal ganglia. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2014 Sep; 124:102-5.
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Olfactory dysfunction in hereditary ataxia and basal ganglia disorders. Neuroreport. 2003 Jul 18; 14(10):1339-41.
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Clinical assessment of extrapyramidal signs in nursing home patients given antipsychotic medication. Arch Intern Med. 1994 May 23; 154(10):1113-7.