Article: Basal ganglia abnormalities seen in neuropsychiatric lupus.(Neuropsychiatric Medicine)

Article: Role of the basal ganglia in balance control.
Neural Plasticity;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......important contributions of the basal ganglia to the regulation of postural control. After a brief overview of basal ganglia circuitries, the emphasis is...focal lesions in parts of the basal ganglia, as the impairments seen here...

Article: Functional Anatomy of the Basal Ganglia.
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing;  October 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Abstract: The basal ganglia are a series of interconnected...collectively referred to as the basal ganglia. The involvement of these nuclei...discusses functional anatomy of the basal ganglia, with particular reference to the...

Article: Asymmetry of basal ganglia perfusion in Tourette's syndrome shown by technetium-99m-HMPAO SPECT
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  February 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......generated over the cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, thalamus and cerebellum to evaluate...demonstrated a significant decrease in right basal ganglia activity which was not present in any...Tourette's syndrome involving the right basal ganglia. Furthermore, brain SPECT may be useful...

Article: Does Asymmetric Basal Ganglia or Thalamic Activation Aid in Seizure Foci Lateralization on Ictal SPECT Studies?
The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Basal ganglia or thalamic activation has been reported...obtained. The presence of asymmetric basal ganglia or thalamic activation was determined...temporal lobe seizures. Asymmetric basal ganglia activation was seen in 22 (30.6%) studies...

Article: Scientists at University of Missouri detail research in HIV/AIDS.(Report)
AIDS Weekly;  November 17, 2008 ;     434 words ......cognitive function, magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) brain metabolite indices measured in the basal ganglia, and quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the caudate...cognitive impairment. However, basal ganglia size remains an...sensitivity of magnetic ...

Article: Brain gets thoughtful reappraisal. (basal ganglia and cerebellum involved both in muscle movement and thinking coordination) (Brief Article)
Science News;  October 29, 1994 ;     123 words ......some researchers that malfunctions in these structures, the basal ganglia and the cerebellum, contribute to schizophrenia. Frank A...later, the virus had moved through nerve connections to the basal ganglia and cerebellum at the back of the brain, indicating their...

Article: Movement disorders - limb movement and the basal ganglia.
Physical Therapy;  January 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ......Disorders--Limb Movement and the Basal Ganglia Movement Disorders and Motor Control...therepy. [2] However, inverences about basal ganglia function are difficult to interpret because the basal ganglia mediate between higher and lower...

Article: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy study in basal ganglia of patients with myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers
Neurology India;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......any abnormality on neuroimage. [2] Basal ganglia of abnormal magnetic resonance spectroscopic...survey of MRS study, focusing on the basal ganglia, in a MERRF family. Case Report The...craniocaudal, positioned in the right basal ganglia as the volume of interest (VOI) with...

Article: Antipsychotics and brain changes.(bloated basal ganglia associated with schizophrenia)(Brief Article)
Science News;  December 19, 1998 ;     230 words ......such as clozapine, over a similar period. The volume of the basal ganglia was markedly greater in medication-treated patients than...report in the December AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. The basal ganglia consist of clumps of tissue involved in the regulation of...

Article: Decreased activity of basal ganglia is the main cause of abnormal muscle constrictions in dystonia.
NewsRx Health;  January 4, 2009 ;     269 words ......that the decreased activity of the basal ganglia, a part of the brain structure, is...investigated neuronal activity in the basal ganglia of a dystonia mouse model, which was...human dystonia genes, in awake state. Basal ganglia send inhibitory signals to the motor...

Article: basal ganglia
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia;      68 words ...The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 basal ganglia, the islands of gray matter within each one of the lobes of the brain (cerebrum). They are involved in posture and coordination...

Article: Studies conducted at Tottori University, Institute of Neurological Science on germinoma recently published.
Gastroenterology Week;  August 18, 2008 ;     336 words ...Researchers detail in 'Basal ganglia germinoma: diagnostic value of MR spectroscopy...germinoma. We herein report a 12-year-old girl with a basal ganglia germinoma who presented with right-sided hemiparesis...C-methionine positron emission tomography of the basal ganglia lesion, wrote ...

Article: Delayed unilateral post-traumatic tremor: Localization studies using single-proton computed tomographic and magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques
Military Medicine;  January 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......signal void in the clinically suspected basal ganglia-thalamus region. We believe that these...attributed to structural lesions of the basal ganglia and structures projecting to and from...patient's examination, such as the basal ganglia and their projections, are normal...

Article: Sensorimotor contributions of the basal ganglia: recent advances.
Physical Therapy;  December 1, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Sensorimotor Contributions of the Basal Ganglia: Recent Advances Basic investigations...subcortical neuclei comprising the basal ganglia (BG) have generated a great deal of...organization. Participation of Specific Basal Ganglia Nuclei in Motor Control Based on recent...