Basal Ganglia

Basal ganglia is a group of ganglia?

• No, it is a group of nuclei

• Yes, ganglia/nuclei, a rose by any other name....

The nuclei that make up the basal ganglia include (select all that apply)

• caudate nucleus

• red nucleus

• putamen

• globus pallidus

• globus nigra

Which of these subcortical structures is not structurally attached to the basal ganglia but is important for its functioning

• amygdala

• putamen

• substantia nigra

• thalamus

• sub-thalamic nuclei

The amygdala is attached to the basal ganglia but is not functionally related

• True

• False

Corpus striatum include of the following structures (choose all that apply)

• caudate nucleus

• putamen

• globus pallidus

• substantia nigra

Choose the structures that make up the lenticular nucleus

• caudate nucleus

• putamen

• globus pallidus

• amygdala

Select the structures that make up the striatum

• caudate nucleus

• putamen

• globus pallidus

• lenticular nucleus

If you remove the lenticular nucleus from the corpus striatum you are left with which of the basal ganglionic structures

• caudate nucleus

• putamen

• globus pallidus

• lenticular nucleus

The neurotransmitters that operate in the basal ganglia include

• facilitator glutamate

• dopamine

• inhibitor GABA

• seratonin

Now I know the anatomy of the basal ganglia and can answer this quiz in my sleep

• Yes

• No, but I could do better with coffee