Basal+Ganglia+Anatomy+and+Physiology

=**Basal Ganglia Anatomy and Physiology**=


 * 1. Describe the macroscopic and microscopic anatomy of the basal ganglia.**


 * 2. Know the neurotransmitters and the main receptor classes involved in the basal ganglia circuitry with thalamus and cerebral cortex.**


 * 3. Understand the differential effects of dopamine at D1 versus D2 receptors and the mechanism whereby these differential effects lead to balance between the direct and indirect pathways.**


 * 4. Understand the phsyiological/neurochemical imbalances in the direct/indirect pathways that lead to and/or produce the syndromes/symptoms of the following: Parkinson's disease, Huntington's chorea, Hemiballismus.**