title: [A neuroanatomic view of the basal ganglia with some physiopathological implications].
abstract: The basal ganglia nuclei are a set of subcortical structures including principally the corpus striatum (caudate and lenticular nuclei), associated with other allied nuclei, namely, the subthalamic nucleus and the substantia nigra. A very remarkable neuroanatomical feature of these structures is their heterogeneity, which can be clearly illustrated from the hodological, histochemical as well as cytoarchitectonical point of view. This report is an attempt to correlate this heterogeneity present in the basal ganglia with the physiopathology of profound alterations of these structures displayed in diseases as hemibalism and Parkinson's and Huntington's diseases.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Morfología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Giménez-Amaya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000166:cytology*; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Una visión neuroanatómica de los ganglios basales con algunas implicaciones en su fisiopatología.