BASAL GANGLIA
Prof. Dr. Selda Önderoğlu
FUNCTION
• Coordination of motor movements
• Mental ve emotional functions
DIFFERENCES FROM THE CEREBELLUM
Basal nucleiBasal nuclei
They function through the cortex.
(HAS NO DIRECT CONNECTION WITH THE SPINAL CORD)
Coordinates more complex movements
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THALAMUS
THALAMUS
CEREBELLUM MS Brain stem nuclei Pontine nuclei
Located in the white matter of the
telencephalon 5 pairs of nuclei
BASAL NUCLEI
BASAL NUCLEI
1. caudate nucleus 2. putamen
3. globus pallidus 4. substantia nigra
5. subthalamic nucleus
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5 4
3 2
CORPUS STRIATUM
1. caudate nucleus 2. putamen
3. globus pallidus
4. substantia nigrasubstantia nigra
5. subthalamic nucleussubthalamic nucleus
CORPUS
• caudate nucleus
• putamen
• globus pallidusglobus pallidus
NEOSTRIATUM
NEO-
• caudate nucleuscaudate nucleus
• putamenputamen
• globus pallidus
PALEOSTRIATUM
PALEO-
• caudate nucleus caudate nucleus
• putamen
• globus pallidus
LENTIFORM
NUCLEUS
Horizontal section
From Medial laterally
• Third ventricle
• Thalamus
• İnternal capsule
• Globus pallidus(medial segment)
• İnternal medullary lamina
• Globus pallidus(lateral segment)
• External medullary lamina
• Putamen
• External capsule
• Claustrum
• Extreme capsule
• İnsular cortex(insula)
Caudate nucleus
• Head
• Body
• tail
CAUDATE NUCLEUS
HEAD
• Anterior to interventricular foramen
• Is related to the base and lateral wall of the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle.
• The anterior part continues with the putamen.
• The posterior part is separated from the putamen by the internal capsule.
HEADHEAD
CAUDATE NUCLEUS
BODY
• At the base of the lateral ventricle
• Dorsolateral to thalamus
>>>> sulcus terminalis
(stria terminalis ve thalamostriate vein)
BODYBODY
CAUDATE NUCLEUS
TAIL
• Extends into the temporal lobe( lateral ventricle, inferior horn)
• Ends in amygdala
TAILTAIL
LENTIFORM NUCLEUS
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PUTAMEN
• Located between external capsule and globus pallidus
GLOBUS PALLIDUS
• Separated from putamen by the external medullary lamina
• Divided into two segments
• Internal medullary lamina
• External medullary lamina
1. caudate nucleus 2. putamen
3. globus pallidus
4. substantia nigra
5. subthalamic nucleus
basal Nuclei
PARKİNSON
SUBSTANTIA NIGRA
• In mesencephalon
•Medial to internal capsule
•Lateral to hypothalamus
SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS
CONNECTIONS
AFFERENT CENTER- NEOSTRIATUM
*CORTICOSTRIATE
EFFERENT CENTER- GLOBUS PALLIDUS
*PALLIDOTHALAMIC
AFFERENTS(Neostriatum)
*cerebral cortex---all areas (motor, premotor, prefrontal )
•
thalamus---intralaminar nuclei (centromedian)
• amygdala
EFFERENTS (globus pallidus)
*thalamus---globus pallidus medial segment VA,VL,MD,CM nuclei
• (pallidothalamic)
tegmentum---globus pallidus medial segment
• (pallidotegmental)
habenular nucleus---globus pallidus medial segment
• (pallidohabenular)
BETWEEN BASAL NUCLEI
striatopallidal-to the medial segment striatonigral-to the pars reticulata
•
pallidonigral-from the lateral segment pallidosubthalamic-from the lateral segment
•
nigrostriatal-from the pars compacta nigropallidal- from the pars compacta
•
subthalamopallidal-to the lateral segment subthalamonigral-to the pars reticulata
SUBTHALAMUS
SUBTHALAMUS SUBTHALAMUS
(VENTRAL THALAMUS) (VENTRAL THALAMUS)
• Ventral to thalamus
• Medial to internal capsule
• Lateral to Hypothalamus
SUBTHALAMUS
• subthalamic Nucleus
• Nuclei campi perizonalis
• Zona incerta
• Ansa lenticularis
• Fasciculus subthalamicus
Subthalamic Nucleus
• Medial to internal Capsule
• Lateral to Hypothalamus
• Basal ganglion
Nuclei campi perizonalis
• Forel’s field H
(nucleus campi medialis-prerubral field)
Formed by fibers from Globus pallidus
And the nuclei located
between those fibers H
•Forel’s field H1
(nucleus campi dorsalis- thalamic fasciculus)
Fibers from forel’s field H1 to thalamus form the
thalamic fasciculus
Fasciculus thalamicus
H1
Fibers from Globus pallidus course ,dorsomedial to
subthalamic nucleus reach the Forel’s field H1 to form the
lenticular fasciculus
Forel’s field H2
(nucleus campi ventralis-lenticular fasciculus )
fasciculus
lenticularis
H2
Nuclei campi perizonalis
Forel’s Field H, H1, H2
Zona incerta
Thalamic fasciculus lenticular fasciculus Reticular nuclei of thalamus
Ansa lenticularis
From Globus pallidus (courses caudal
to subthalamic nucleus)
to Forel’ field H
• In Forel’s field H these fibers join the lenticular fasciculus and form the thalamic fasciculus.
Ansa lenticularis
subthalamic Fasciculus
globus pallidus
subthalamic nucleus subthalamic nucleus
globus pallidus (medial and lateral)
Fasciculus subthalamicus