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Parkinson's paradox: When more dopamine means more tremor
For instance, could tremor result from an imbalance in dopamine between the caudate and putamen? Identifying reliable biological correlates for individual symptoms is critical, as it paves the way ...
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Dopamine neurons’ sensitivity to immune system gene offers clues to hyperactivity and behavioral disorders
On a neurological level, the researchers noted changes in the caudate putamen—part of the brain’s basal ganglia and a critical region for learning, memory, motivation, and motor control.
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Brain Changes Emerge Decades Before Huntington's Diagnosis
Brain imaging showed atrophy in the caudate and putamen at this time point. A longitudinal increase in the somatic cytosine-adenine-guanine repeat expansion ratio in blood predicted brain atrophy.
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Case 8: Absentminded and "Walking Like a Drunk"
Fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) images and T2-weighted sequences revealed hyperintensity of the caudate, putamen, posterior thalamus, and medial temporal lobes bilaterally (Figure 1).
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Repeated head trauma is associated with smaller thalamic volumes and slower processing speed: the Professional Fighters’ Brain Health Study
Statistical analyses of the baseline evaluations were applied cross-sectionally to determine the relationship between fight exposure variables and volumes of the hippocampus, amygdala, thalamus, ...