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Hemiballismus

Known as: Hemiballism, body of luys syndrome 
Hemiballismus is a rare movement disorder that is caused primarily by damage to various areas in the basal ganglia. Hemiballismus is usually… 
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BallismusDyskinetic syndrome

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Network localization of hemichorea-hemiballismus
Objective: To determine whether neuroanatomically heterogeneous strokes causing hemichorea-hemiballismus localize to a common… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
The subthalamic nucleus, hemiballismus and Parkinson's disease: reappraisal of a neurosurgical dogma.
The subthalamic nucleus (STN) currently is considered to play a key role in the pathophysiological origin of the parkinsonian… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Presentation of striatal hyperintensity on T1-weighted MRI in patients with hemiballism-hemichorea caused by non-ketotic hyperglycemia: Report of seven new cases and a review of literature
Abstract Recent studies have shown unique clinicoradiologic characteristics in patients with hemiballism-hemichorea (HB-HC… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Models of basal ganglia function and pathophysiology of movement disorders.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Chronic electrical stimulation of the VL-VPL complex and of the pallidum in the treatment of movement disorders: personal experience since 1982.
Since 1982, we have been able to control involuntary movements associated with deaf-ferentation by means of chronic electrical… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Reward-related activity in the monkey striatum and substantia nigra.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Hemiballism-hemichorea. Clinical and pharmacologic findings in 21 patients.
In this series of 21 patients with hemiballism-hemichorea we found an identifiable cause in all. Unlike most other studies in… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Experimental hemichorea/hemiballismus in the monkey. Studies on the intracerebral site of action in a drug-induced dyskinesia.
Antagonists of the neurotransmitter gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) were injected at seventy intracerebral sites in the conscious… 
Review
1981
Review
1981
Hemichorea‐hemiballism and lacunar infarction in the basal ganglia
We present a case of acute hemichorea-hemiballism associated with lacunar infarct documented by computerized tomography scan in… 
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
Neurological and related syndromes in CNS tuberculosis. Clinical features and pathogenesis.
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