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unusual facts about basal ganglia



Athymhormic syndrome

The existence of such symptoms in patients after damage to certain structures in the brain has been used to support a physical model of motivation in human beings, wherein the limbic loop of the basal ganglia is the initiator of directed action and thought.


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Adult-onset basal ganglia disease

Adult-onset basal ganglia disease or neuroferritinopathy is a disorder caused by abnormal iron accumulation in the basal ganglia due to mutations in FTL gene.