Stopping an already initiated but inappropriate response is critical to adaptive behavior in humans, and a brain circuit involving the inferior frontal cortex, the presupplementary motor area, and the ...

Basal Ganglia (Putamen) Intracerebral Hemorrhage: Axial CT scans. Note the large intracerebral hemorrhage originating in the area of the basal ganglia on the left. The basal ganglia is a common ...

A 54 year-old man with a history of hypertension developed weakness affecting the left face, arm and leg. On examination, he had a pure motor hemiparesis. The admitting diagnosis was lacunar stroke.

Study suggests patients with damage in this area could be more responsive to dopamine-like compounds. Stroke damage in a brain region known as the putamen is strongly linked to motor neglect, a ...