Case record of pallido-pyramidal disease with supplementary motor area involvement

Authors
Pradat, PF Dupel-Pottier, C Lacomblez, L Salachas, F Meininger, V Lacomblez, L
Citation
Pf. Pradat et al., Case record of pallido-pyramidal disease with supplementary motor area involvement, MOVEMENT D, 16(4), 2001, pp. 762-764
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
MOVEMENT DISORDERS
ISSN journal
08853185 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
762 - 764
Database
ISI
SICI code
0885-3185(200107)16:4<762:CROPDW>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
An C-flumazenil positron emission tomography (PET) study in a patient with pallido-pyramidal disease revealed a marked decrease in benzodiazepine-rece ptor density in the precentral gyros cortex and the mesial frontal cortex. We suggest that, in addition to dysfunction of basal ganglia-dependent syst ems, degeneration of the supplementary motor area could also be involved in the patient's bradykinesia. (C) 2001 Movement Disorder Society.