Hemiballismus, Hyperphagia, and Behavioral Changes following Subthalamic Infarct

Hemiballismus, Hyperphagia, and Behavioral Changes following Subthalamic Infarct

The function of subthalamic nucleus (STN) which is a part of the basal ganglia system is not clear, but it is hypothesized that this component might be involved in action selection. Unilateral damage to STN, which can commonly occur due to the small vessel stroke mainly, causes hemiballismus and som...

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Main Authors: Masoud Etemadifar, Seyed-Hossein Abtahi, Seyed-Mojtaba Abtahi, Motahreh Mirdamadi, Sepideh Sajjadi, Aryan Golabbakhsh, Mohammad-Reza Savoj, Mahboobeh Fereidan-Esfahani, Zahra Nasr, Nasim Tabrizi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/768580

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