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"Neuroscience at the New Millenium"
Gerald D. Fischbach, MD
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Slide 7: Dopamine in the substantia nigra is depleted in Parkinson's disease
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Slide 8: Dopamine input to the striatum, which is the input to basal ganglia
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Slide 9: Fluoro-dopa in basal ganglia imaged with PET - Control & Parkinson's. NIH plan for large study.
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Slide 10: Further analysis of dopamine has shed light on Parkinson's disease: Hyperactivity of GPi, compared to GP
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Slide 11: Motor Cortex, thalamus and basal ganglia circuitry. Role of subthalamic nucleus.
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Slide 12: Picture of Stimulating Electrodes used as Parkinson's Therapeutic
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