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: Etemadifar, Masoud, Abtahi, Seyed-Hossein, Abtahi, Seyed-Mojtaba, Mirdamadi, Motahreh, Sajjadi, Sepideh, Golabbakhsh, Aryan, Savoj, Mohammad-Reza, Fereidan-Esfahani, Mahboobeh, Nasr, Zahra, Tabrizi, Nasim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3484407/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23125861
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/768580
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