• DOI:10.1002/mds.22062
Corpus ID: 13186083

Functional organization of the basal ganglia: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease

@article{Obeso2008FunctionalOO,
  title={Functional organization of the basal ganglia: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease},
  author={J. Obeso and M. Rodriguez-Oroz and B. Ben{\'i}tez-Temi{\~n}o and F. J. Blesa and J. Guridi and C. Mar{\'i}n and Manuel Rodriguez},
  journal={Movement Disorders},
  year={2008},
  volume={23}
}

• J. Obeso, M. Rodriguez-Oroz, +4 authors Manuel Rodriguez
• Published 2008
• Biology, Medicine
• Movement Disorders

The basal ganglia (BG) are a highly organized network, where different parts are activated for specific functions and circumstances. The BG are involved in movement control, as well as associative learning, planning, working memory, and emotion. We concentrate on the “motor circuit” because it is the best understood anatomically and physiologically, and because Parkinson's disease is mainly thought to be a movement disorder. Normal function of the BG requires fine tuning of neuronal… Expand