Complex motor stereotypies: An evolving neurobiological concept

Future Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-285

  Gao, Sean ^a   Singer, Harvey S ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; corticostriatal thalamocortical circuit; dopamine; glutamate; neurobiological mechanism; neurotransmitter; primary complex motor stereotypy; stereotypy

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OPIATE; YOHIMBINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX MOTOR STEREOTYPY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORTICOSTRIATAL THALAMOCORTICAL CIRCUITRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FRONTAL CORTEX; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUTAMEN; REVIEW; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84877259251     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.13.4     Document Type: Review

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