Basal ganglia disease

Introduction: Basal ganglia disease

Description of Basal ganglia disease

Basal ganglia disease: 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 $CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA$.
Source: MeSH 2007

Basal ganglia disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Basal ganglia disease:

• Basal ganglia
• Basal
• Ganglia

Basal ganglia disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Basal ganglia disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Basal ganglia disease, or a subtype of Basal ganglia disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Terms associated with Basal ganglia disease:

Terms Similar to Basal ganglia disease:

• Extrapyramidal disorders

Source - NIH

• Extrapyramidal Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Basal ganglia disease:

• Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
• Tourette Syndrome
• Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome
• Hepatolenticular Degeneration
• Huntington Disease
• Meige Syndrome
• Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome
• Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive
• Multiple System Atrophy
• Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease
• Chorea Gravidarum
• Parkinsonian Disorders

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Basal ganglia disease

• Brain Diseases

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Basal ganglia disease

• extrapyramidal disorder

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Basal ganglia disease

The following list attempts to classify Basal ganglia disease into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Nervous System Diseases
  • Central Nervous System Diseases
    • Brain Diseases
      • Basal Ganglia Diseases

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