Neuro 10: Basal Ganglia Function and Diseases

A patient who presents with uncontrollable flailing of his left arm and leg most likely has a lesion in which area of the basal ganglia?

A new patient comes to your office complaining of difficulty walking and with short term memory. He presents a bit hunched over with a slight resting tremor in both hands and walks slowly, shuffling his feet. This patient is showing the initial symptoms of what basal ganglia disorder?

Which of the following are not associated with the basal ganglia?

Which of the following form the major output nuclei of the basal ganglia?

Which nuclei produce primarily dopamine?

Which fibers contain primarily glutamatergic neurons?

The basal ganglia receive direct inputs from which of the following?

True or False: Symptoms of Huntington's typically disappear during sleep.

Which of the following represents the correct order for the indirect motor loop of the basal ganglia?

The addictive properties of cocaine are most closely associated with which region of the basal ganglia?

Which thalamic nucleus projects to the primary motor cortex (Brodman's area 4)

Which of the following basal ganglia diseases are reversible (with currently available treatments)?

Which basal ganglia projection is believed to be associated with the rigidity and hypokinesia of Parkinson's disease?

Where might you place the electrode for deep-brain stimulation treatment of essential tremor?

Which of the following basal ganglia structures is derived solely from the diencephalon?

Kayser-Fletcher rings are associated with which basal ganglia disease?

Which of the following is not a component of the corpus striatum?