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Definitions for "Subthalamic nucleus"
Keywords:  ganglia, basal, substantia, nigra, parkinson
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Group of neurones in diencephalon, also forming part of basal ganglia.
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Part of the basal ganglia. A target site for deep brain stimulation. See PDS information sheet Deep Brain Stimulation (FS17) - 569kb pdf format.
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A key structure in the basal ganglia that is overactive in Parkinson's disease; one of two surgical targets for deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease.
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Keywords:  putamen, caudate, motor, nerve, input
A group of nerve cells that receives input from the caudate and putamen and participates in the modulation of motor control.
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Keywords:  caudal, striate, oval, gray, mass
an oval mass of gray matter located in the caudal part of the subthalamus; associated with the striate body
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