What it means
These clusters of gray matter work with the cortex and cerebellum to control movement and some kinds of learning. In Parkinson diseasePAR-kin-sun dih-ZEEZA slowly worsening brain disease in which the nerve cells that help control movement die off.Full entry , loss of dopamine-making cells that feed them causes tremor, stiffness and slow movement. Huntington disease also damages them.
At a glance
| Spanish | ganglios basales |
|---|---|
| Also written | basal ganglion |
Related terms
central nervous system
The brain and the spinal cord together.
Parkinson disease
A slowly worsening brain disease in which the nerve cells that help control movement die off.
neurotransmitter
A chemical that a nerve cell releases to pass a signal to another nerve, muscle or gland cell.