BASAL GANGLION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basal ganglion mean? 

• BASAL GANGLION (noun)
  The noun BASAL GANGLION has 1 sense:

1. any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement

  Familiarity information: BASAL GANGLION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASAL GANGLION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("basal ganglion" is a kind of...):

ganglion (an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basal ganglion"):

amygdala; amygdaloid nucleus; corpus amygdaloideum (an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum; intimately connected with the hypothalamus and the hippocampus and the cingulate gyrus; as part of the limbic system it plays an important role in motivation and emotional behavior)

caudate; caudate nucleus (a tail-shaped basal ganglion located in a lateral ventricle of the brain)

claustrum (a layer of grey matter in the brain adjacent to the lenticular nucleus)

lenticular nucleus; lentiform nucleus (a basal ganglion shaped like a lens and including the outer reddish putamen and the inner pale yellow pallidum)

globus pallidus; paleostriatum; pallidum (the inner pale yellow part of the lenticular nucleus)

putamen (the outer reddish part of the lenticular nucleus)

corpus striatum; striate body; striatum (a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus)

Holonyms ("basal ganglion" is a part of...):

corticospinal tract; pyramidal motor system; pyramidal tract (any of the important motor nerves on each side of the central nervous system that run from the sensorimotor areas of the cortex through the brainstem to motor neurons of the cranial nerve nuclei and the ventral root of the spinal cord)

betweenbrain; diencephalon; interbrain; thalmencephalon (the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon)

 Context examples 

A large, cone-shaped area of gray matter within the basal ganglia comprised of the globus pallidus and putamen that is surrounded primarily by the caudate nucleus and the thalamus.

(Lenticular Nucleus, NCI Thesaurus)

Link Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor II, encoded by the Link-GEFII gene, is a Rap guanine nucleotide exchange factor enriched highly in the basal ganglia.

(Link Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor II, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by abnormal accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia.

(Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluphenazine decanoate exerts its actions by blocking postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptors in the limbic, cortical system and basal ganglia.

(Fluphenazine Decanoate, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluphenazine blocks postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptors in the limbic system, cortical system and basal ganglia, resulting in a reduction of schizophrenia-associated hallucinations and delusions.

(Fluphenazine hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Causes include peripheral nerve disorders, posterior column injuries, cerebral and cerebellar disorders, basal ganglia disorders, and thalamic disorders.

(Ataxia, NCI Thesaurus)

A movement disorder caused by defects in the basal ganglia.

(Extrapyramidal Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Fluphenazine exerts its actions by blocking postsynaptic dopamine D2 receptors in the limbic, cortical system and basal ganglia.

(Fluphenazine, NCI Thesaurus)

The largest terminal branch of the internal carotid artery that runs along the fissure of Sylvius with branches supplying parts of the fontal, parietal and temporal lobes as well as the basal ganglia and internal capsule.

(Middle Cerebral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Loxapine succinate exerts its actions by blocking the dopamine receptors at postsynaptic receptor sites in the limbic system, cortical system and basal ganglia, thereby reducing the hallucinations and delusions that are associated with schizophrenia.

(Loxapine Succinate, NCI Thesaurus)