BASAL GANGLIA
AND CONNECTIONS
Dr Shamir
SR, Neurology
OVERVIEW
ANATOMY
PATHWAYS
DISINHIBITION
SELECTION
BLOOD SUPPLY
APPLIED ASPECTS
Basal ganglia
Netters concise anatomy
Basal nuclei
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Cadaveric section of basal ganglia
and its relations
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Axial view at the level of basal
ganglia
Netters concise anatomy
Structures of Basal Ganglia
Structures of Basal Ganglia
Basal Ganglia- components
1. Neostriatum
Caudate nucleus
Putamen
2. Paleostriatum
Globus pallidus external segment (GPe)
Globus pallidus internal segment (GPi)
3. Substantia Nigra
Pars compacta (SNc)
Pars reticulata (SNr)
4. Subthalamic nucleus (STN)
Basal ganglia components
Dejong , the neurological examination 8th
edition
CAUDATE
NUCLEUS
Lies deep in the
substance of the cerebral
hemisphere
Between lateral ventricle
and insula
Head, body and tail
Separated from
thalamus by sulcus
terminalis groove
Henley, C.
Caudate Nucleus
C shaped ture
(“tail”)
Lateral wall of
lateral
ventricle
Coronal
view at
head of
caudate
Netters concise anatomy
Coronal view of brain at the level
of head of caudate
Coronal view at ant limb of internal capsule
Body of caudate
Netters concise anatomy
Anterior limb of internal capsule-
coronal view
Axial view of brain through midbrain
-tail of caudate
Netters concise anatomy
Axial view of the Brain through the
midbrain
Putamen Click icon to add picture
• Located lateral to GP
• Separated from the insular
cortex by extreme capsule,
claustrum and external capsule
• Functionally identical to
caudate – together called as
striatum
Netters concise anatomy
Globus pallidus Click icon to add picture
• Medial to putamen, just lateral to the
third ventricle
• Separated from putamen by external
medullary lamina
• Divided into internal and external
zone by internal medullary lamina
• Use primarily GABA as a
neurotransmitter
• Contains 2 components – Gpi and
Gpe
• Paleness of GP is due to presence of
high concentration of myelinated
nerve fibres.
Netters concise anatomy
Substantia nigra
Netters concise anatomy
Click icon to add picture
• Lies in the cerebral peduncle
between the crus cerebri and the
tegmentum of the midbrain at
the level of the superior colliculi.
• Divided in to pars reticulata(GABA -
SNr) and pars compacta(Dopamine-
SNc)
• Neuromelanin (makes the structure
dark) and it is present in SNc
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Subthalamic nucleus
• - Lies below the thalamus
• - Lies above the substantia nigra
• - output is excitatory in nature
(GLUTAMINERGIC)
• - Best surgical target for electrode
placement during deep brain
stimulation (STN-DBS)
Claustrum
Click icon to add picture
Thin sheet of gray matter
that is separated from
lateral surface of
lentiform nucleus by
external capsule.
Function : unknown
Netters concise anatomy
Categorization of nuclei
• Input nuclei – Striatum(Caudate nucleus and Putamen) , sub
thalamic nucleus
• Output nuclei – Globus pallidus interna(Gpi), Substania nigra pars
reticulata(SNr)
• Intrinsic nuclei – Globus pallidus externa(Gpe) and Substania
nigra pars compacta(SNc)
Forebrain
Midbrain
Input to
basal
ganglia
Basic circuit
CORTEX
STRIATUM
GLOBUS PALLIDUS
THALAMUS
CORTEX
Excitatory vs Inhibitory
• CORTEX
• THALAMUS EXCITATORY
• STN
• STRIATUM INHIBITORY
• PALLIDUM
Dejong , the neurological examination 8th
edition
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Principle connections of basal ganglia
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Connections of basal ganglia to
thalamus
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Basal ganglia Afferents
• Afferents:
• Cerebral cortex to caudate and putamen
( largest –sensory motor cortex)
• Substantia nigra pars compacta to putamen and caudate
• Subthalamic nucleus to globus pallidus and to substantia nigra pars
reticulata
• Centromedial nucleus of the thalamus to putamen and caudate
• Raphe magnus nucleus to putamen and caudate
Basal ganglia Efferents
• Efferents:
• Putamen and caudate to globus pallidus
• Putamen and caudate to substantia nigra pars reticularis
• Globus pallidus to subthalmic nucleus
• Globus pallidus to ventroanterior and ventrolateral nuclei of the thalamus
Neurons of Basal Ganglia
• Medium Spiny Neurons(90%)
• Interneurons(10%)
Neurons of the basal
ganglia
Neurotransmitters
• Glutamate always excitatory
• GABA always inhibitory
• Dopamine can be excitatory or inhibitory depending on the receptor.
1. Excitatory to D1 receptor - stimulates adenylate cyclase
2. Inhibitory to D2 receptor – inhibits adenylate cyclase
• Spiny Neurons of caudate contain – Gaba, encephalin and substanceP
Glutamate
• Major excitatory neurotransmitter in brain
• Present in over ½ of total neurons in CNS
• Examples
• Thalamocortical projections
• Cortico - striate projections
• Subthalamic nucleus projection to outflow nucleus (in indirect
pathway)
GABA - Gamma Amino Butyric Acid
• GABA is an inhibitory mediator in the brain
• Acts by increasing chloride conductance
Glutamate GABA
GAD - Glutamic Acid
Decarboxylase
Pathways of Basal Ganglia
• Direct pathway – mediated by D1 dopamine receptors and results in a faciltation of
movement
• Indirect pathway – mediated by D2 receptors and results in an inhibition of
movement
• Hyperdirect pathway – Bypasses Striatum
Direct and Indirect pathways
Netters concise anatomy
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Functions of Basal Ganglia
• Motor loop- control voluntary movement and motor skills
• Prefrontal loop – associative loop
• Limbic loop- involved with the motor expressions of emotions
• Cognitive loop- important in learning new motor tasks
• Oculomotor loop- control of saccadic eye movements
• Other functions – attention and time estimation, implicit learning, habit
formation, and reward related behaviour
• Output nuclei have
tonically inhibitory
discharges
• The connection of striatum
receiving strongest input
from cortex will send
strong inhibitory signal to
output nuclei .
• The connection receiving
strong input from striatum
will be inhibited and its
inhibitory signal to
thalamus will be
disinhibited leading to its
selection.
• The combination
of focused
inhibition from the
striatum with the
more diffuse
excitation from
the subthalamus
would both
decrease the
activity in selected
channels and
increase activity in
non-selected
channels in the
basal ganglia
output nuclei
• Transmission in
recently active
(selected) channel(s)
is reinforced by the
combined phasic
release of dopamine
and glutamate
evoked by an
unpredicted
biologically salient
sensory event (eg,
reward).
• Nonactive channels
lack the eligibility
trace required for
dopamine
reinforcement at the
synapse.
• Selection by the basal
ganglia is determined in
part by the relative
strength of inputs to the
striatum (the common
currency),
• Reward-related
modulation of afferent
signals would effectively
bias selection to favor
reward-related inputs.
Basal ganglia loops – motor and non-motor
Motor loop
Prefrontal loop
(Associative) Limbic loop
Basal Ganglia (Oculomotor Loop)
Connections
Frontal
Eye Field
(area 8)
THALAMUS
( VA, DM)
STRIATUM
(Caudate
Nucleus)
SNr
(Substantia Nigra,
pars reticulata)
Sup Colliculus
So what if happens if selection
system fails ?
• Selection failure – parkinsons disease
• Soft selection – Schizophrenia
• Hard selection – Obsessive compulsive disorders and addictions
• A – selected channel undergoes disinhibition and non selected
are inhibited
• B – selected channel is also inhibited – no desired action occur
• C- unwanted channels are not properly inhibited – so
interruption between desired and undesired actions occur
• D – desired channel is excessively disinhibited – so person will
have excess activity or thought of the desired action
Summary
1. Modulating action through disinhibition
2. Direct and Indirect Pathways
Direct pathway facilitates action
Indirect pathway suppresses action
3. Principle of selection – to do a desired task
4. Reinforcement learning through reward and punishment systems
Thalamus
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Relations of thalamus
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
RELATIONS OF THALAMMUS
Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
Thalamic nuclei
• 5 major functional classes:
• reticular and intralaminar nuclei - arousal and nociception;
• sensory nuclei
• effector nuclei -motor function and aspects of language
• associative nuclei - cognitive functions
• limbic nuclei concerned with mood and motivation.
• Vascular lesions
destroy these nuclei in different combinations and produce sensorimotor and behavioral
syndromes depending on which nuclei are involved.
• Tuberothalamic territory strokes
produce impairments of arousal and orientation, learning and memory, personality, and
executive function; superimposition of temporally unrelated information; and emotional
facial paresis.
• Paramedian infarcts
cause decreased arousal, particularly if the lesion is bilateral, and impaired learning and
memory.
• Autobiographical memory
impairment and executive failure result from lesions in either of these vascular territories.
• Language deficits
result from left paramedian lesions and from left tuberothalamic lesions that include the ventrolateral
nucleus.
• Right thalamic lesions
in both these vascular territories produce visual-spatial deficits, including hemispatial neglect.
• Inferolateral territory
strokes produce contralateral hemisensory loss, hemiparesis and hemiataxia, and pain syndromes that are
more common after right thalamic lesions.
• Posterior choroidal lesions
result in visual field deficits, variable sensory loss, weakness, dystonia, tremors, and occasionally amnesia
Major thalamic vascular territories
(1) TUBEROTHALAMIC,
(2) INFEROLATERAL,
(3) PARAMEDIAN,
(4) POSTERIOR CHOROIDAL VESSELS
Netters concise anatomy
Netters concise anatomy
Netters concise anatomy
Blood supply
Coronal section
Arteries of brain
HYPERKINETIC
DISORDERS
HYPOKINETIC
DISORDERS
CHOREA PARKINSON DISEASE
ATHETOSIS
BALLISM
PARKINSON DISEASE
DISORDERS SITE OF LESION
CHOREA Caudate
ATHETOSIS Globus pallidus
BALLISM Subthalamic nucleus, indirect
pathway affected
PARKINSON DISEASE Degeneration of neurons of
substantia nigra , hypersenstivity of
dopamine receptors within corpus
striatum. decreased direct pathway,
increased indirect pathway
HUNTINGTON Gaba,sub P, ACH secreting neurons
of striatonigral inhbiting pathway
degenerate. Dopamine secreting
neurons of substantia nigra become
over active, thus nigrostriatal
pathway inhibits caudate nucleus
and putamen. Indirect pathway
References
• DEJONG’S;THE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMINATION,7THEDITION;399-409
• NETTER’S CONCISE NEUROANATOMY
• SNELLS CLINICAL NEUROANAT OMY 8TH
EDITION
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    Clinical neuroanatomy bySnells 8th edition
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    Cadaveric section ofbasal ganglia and its relations Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
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    Axial view atthe level of basal ganglia Netters concise anatomy
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    Basal Ganglia- components 1.Neostriatum Caudate nucleus Putamen 2. Paleostriatum Globus pallidus external segment (GPe) Globus pallidus internal segment (GPi) 3. Substantia Nigra Pars compacta (SNc) Pars reticulata (SNr) 4. Subthalamic nucleus (STN)
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    Basal ganglia components Dejong, the neurological examination 8th edition
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    CAUDATE NUCLEUS Lies deep inthe substance of the cerebral hemisphere Between lateral ventricle and insula Head, body and tail Separated from thalamus by sulcus terminalis groove Henley, C.
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    Caudate Nucleus C shapedture (“tail”) Lateral wall of lateral ventricle
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    Coronal view ofbrain at the level of head of caudate
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    Coronal view atant limb of internal capsule Body of caudate Netters concise anatomy
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    Anterior limb ofinternal capsule- coronal view
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    Axial view ofbrain through midbrain -tail of caudate Netters concise anatomy
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    Axial view ofthe Brain through the midbrain
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    Putamen Click iconto add picture • Located lateral to GP • Separated from the insular cortex by extreme capsule, claustrum and external capsule • Functionally identical to caudate – together called as striatum Netters concise anatomy
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    Globus pallidus Clickicon to add picture • Medial to putamen, just lateral to the third ventricle • Separated from putamen by external medullary lamina • Divided into internal and external zone by internal medullary lamina • Use primarily GABA as a neurotransmitter • Contains 2 components – Gpi and Gpe • Paleness of GP is due to presence of high concentration of myelinated nerve fibres. Netters concise anatomy
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    Substantia nigra Netters conciseanatomy Click icon to add picture • Lies in the cerebral peduncle between the crus cerebri and the tegmentum of the midbrain at the level of the superior colliculi. • Divided in to pars reticulata(GABA - SNr) and pars compacta(Dopamine- SNc) • Neuromelanin (makes the structure dark) and it is present in SNc
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    Clinical neuroanatomy bySnells 8th edition
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    Subthalamic nucleus • -Lies below the thalamus • - Lies above the substantia nigra • - output is excitatory in nature (GLUTAMINERGIC) • - Best surgical target for electrode placement during deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS)
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    Claustrum Click icon toadd picture Thin sheet of gray matter that is separated from lateral surface of lentiform nucleus by external capsule. Function : unknown Netters concise anatomy
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    Categorization of nuclei •Input nuclei – Striatum(Caudate nucleus and Putamen) , sub thalamic nucleus • Output nuclei – Globus pallidus interna(Gpi), Substania nigra pars reticulata(SNr) • Intrinsic nuclei – Globus pallidus externa(Gpe) and Substania nigra pars compacta(SNc)
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    Excitatory vs Inhibitory •CORTEX • THALAMUS EXCITATORY • STN • STRIATUM INHIBITORY • PALLIDUM
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    Dejong , theneurological examination 8th edition
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    Clinical neuroanatomy bySnells 8th edition
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    Principle connections ofbasal ganglia Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
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    Connections of basalganglia to thalamus Clinical neuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
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    Basal ganglia Afferents •Afferents: • Cerebral cortex to caudate and putamen ( largest –sensory motor cortex) • Substantia nigra pars compacta to putamen and caudate • Subthalamic nucleus to globus pallidus and to substantia nigra pars reticulata • Centromedial nucleus of the thalamus to putamen and caudate • Raphe magnus nucleus to putamen and caudate
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    Basal ganglia Efferents •Efferents: • Putamen and caudate to globus pallidus • Putamen and caudate to substantia nigra pars reticularis • Globus pallidus to subthalmic nucleus • Globus pallidus to ventroanterior and ventrolateral nuclei of the thalamus
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    Neurons of BasalGanglia • Medium Spiny Neurons(90%) • Interneurons(10%)
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    Neurons of thebasal ganglia
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    Neurotransmitters • Glutamate alwaysexcitatory • GABA always inhibitory • Dopamine can be excitatory or inhibitory depending on the receptor. 1. Excitatory to D1 receptor - stimulates adenylate cyclase 2. Inhibitory to D2 receptor – inhibits adenylate cyclase • Spiny Neurons of caudate contain – Gaba, encephalin and substanceP
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    Glutamate • Major excitatoryneurotransmitter in brain • Present in over ½ of total neurons in CNS • Examples • Thalamocortical projections • Cortico - striate projections • Subthalamic nucleus projection to outflow nucleus (in indirect pathway)
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    GABA - GammaAmino Butyric Acid • GABA is an inhibitory mediator in the brain • Acts by increasing chloride conductance Glutamate GABA GAD - Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase
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    Pathways of BasalGanglia • Direct pathway – mediated by D1 dopamine receptors and results in a faciltation of movement • Indirect pathway – mediated by D2 receptors and results in an inhibition of movement • Hyperdirect pathway – Bypasses Striatum
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    Clinical neuroanatomy bySnells 8th edition
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    Functions of BasalGanglia • Motor loop- control voluntary movement and motor skills • Prefrontal loop – associative loop • Limbic loop- involved with the motor expressions of emotions • Cognitive loop- important in learning new motor tasks • Oculomotor loop- control of saccadic eye movements • Other functions – attention and time estimation, implicit learning, habit formation, and reward related behaviour
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    • Output nucleihave tonically inhibitory discharges • The connection of striatum receiving strongest input from cortex will send strong inhibitory signal to output nuclei . • The connection receiving strong input from striatum will be inhibited and its inhibitory signal to thalamus will be disinhibited leading to its selection.
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    • The combination offocused inhibition from the striatum with the more diffuse excitation from the subthalamus would both decrease the activity in selected channels and increase activity in non-selected channels in the basal ganglia output nuclei
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    • Transmission in recentlyactive (selected) channel(s) is reinforced by the combined phasic release of dopamine and glutamate evoked by an unpredicted biologically salient sensory event (eg, reward). • Nonactive channels lack the eligibility trace required for dopamine reinforcement at the synapse.
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    • Selection bythe basal ganglia is determined in part by the relative strength of inputs to the striatum (the common currency), • Reward-related modulation of afferent signals would effectively bias selection to favor reward-related inputs.
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    Basal ganglia loops– motor and non-motor Motor loop Prefrontal loop (Associative) Limbic loop
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    Basal Ganglia (OculomotorLoop) Connections Frontal Eye Field (area 8) THALAMUS ( VA, DM) STRIATUM (Caudate Nucleus) SNr (Substantia Nigra, pars reticulata) Sup Colliculus
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    So what ifhappens if selection system fails ? • Selection failure – parkinsons disease • Soft selection – Schizophrenia • Hard selection – Obsessive compulsive disorders and addictions
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    • A –selected channel undergoes disinhibition and non selected are inhibited • B – selected channel is also inhibited – no desired action occur • C- unwanted channels are not properly inhibited – so interruption between desired and undesired actions occur • D – desired channel is excessively disinhibited – so person will have excess activity or thought of the desired action
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    Summary 1. Modulating actionthrough disinhibition 2. Direct and Indirect Pathways Direct pathway facilitates action Indirect pathway suppresses action 3. Principle of selection – to do a desired task 4. Reinforcement learning through reward and punishment systems
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    Relations of thalamus Clinicalneuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
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    RELATIONS OF THALAMMUS Clinicalneuroanatomy by Snells 8th edition
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    Thalamic nuclei • 5major functional classes: • reticular and intralaminar nuclei - arousal and nociception; • sensory nuclei • effector nuclei -motor function and aspects of language • associative nuclei - cognitive functions • limbic nuclei concerned with mood and motivation.
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    • Vascular lesions destroythese nuclei in different combinations and produce sensorimotor and behavioral syndromes depending on which nuclei are involved. • Tuberothalamic territory strokes produce impairments of arousal and orientation, learning and memory, personality, and executive function; superimposition of temporally unrelated information; and emotional facial paresis. • Paramedian infarcts cause decreased arousal, particularly if the lesion is bilateral, and impaired learning and memory. • Autobiographical memory impairment and executive failure result from lesions in either of these vascular territories.
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    • Language deficits resultfrom left paramedian lesions and from left tuberothalamic lesions that include the ventrolateral nucleus. • Right thalamic lesions in both these vascular territories produce visual-spatial deficits, including hemispatial neglect. • Inferolateral territory strokes produce contralateral hemisensory loss, hemiparesis and hemiataxia, and pain syndromes that are more common after right thalamic lesions. • Posterior choroidal lesions result in visual field deficits, variable sensory loss, weakness, dystonia, tremors, and occasionally amnesia
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    Major thalamic vascularterritories (1) TUBEROTHALAMIC, (2) INFEROLATERAL, (3) PARAMEDIAN, (4) POSTERIOR CHOROIDAL VESSELS
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    DISORDERS SITE OFLESION CHOREA Caudate ATHETOSIS Globus pallidus BALLISM Subthalamic nucleus, indirect pathway affected PARKINSON DISEASE Degeneration of neurons of substantia nigra , hypersenstivity of dopamine receptors within corpus striatum. decreased direct pathway, increased indirect pathway HUNTINGTON Gaba,sub P, ACH secreting neurons of striatonigral inhbiting pathway degenerate. Dopamine secreting neurons of substantia nigra become over active, thus nigrostriatal pathway inhibits caudate nucleus and putamen. Indirect pathway
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    References • DEJONG’S;THE NEUROLOGICALEXAMINATION,7THEDITION;399-409 • NETTER’S CONCISE NEUROANATOMY • SNELLS CLINICAL NEUROANAT OMY 8TH EDITION
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Editor's Notes

  • #38 Direct- substance P and dynorphin , Indirect - enkephalin
  • #40 Substance P uses d1 and encephalin uses D2
  • #58 Acetylcholine Suppresses action through both pathways Decrease firing in response to reward directed cues BG Role in Action Selection Selection through direct pathway; surround suppression through indirect pathway