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a layer of deeply pigmented grey matter in the midbrain; associated with the striate body; is involved in metabolic disturbances associated with Parkinson's disease and with Huntington's disease
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A dark band of gray matter deep within the brain where cells manufacture the neurotransmitter dopamine for movement control. Degeneration of cells in this region may lead to a neurologic movement disorder such as Parkinson's disease.
Ãâó: www.dbs-stn.org/glossary4.asp
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| substantia nigra |
a small area of the brain containing a cluster of black-pigmented nerve cells that produce dopamine, which is then transmitted to the striatum.
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Tegmental nuclei involved in the sensorimotor system.
Ãâó: www.ualberta.ca/~neuro/OnlineIntro/glossary.htm
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Literally means "black substance." A part of the basal ganglia, located in the midbrain, that is rich in dopamine-producing nerve cells and the black pigment neuromelanin (hence its name). In Parkinson's the loss of nerve cells from this region leads to a dopamine deficit and subsequently to Parkinson's symptoms.
Ãâó: www.michaeljfox.org/parkinsons/glossary.php
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