What is a "basal ganglia calcification" in the brain?

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A had a fall a few years ago, had a CAT scan to check for head injuries. i didnt have any head injuries but they said they found "basal ganglia calcifications", and said i should get it checked out, i never did though. what is this?
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My new born baby has just been diagnosed with an insult to the brain-basal ganglia?

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She stopped breathing after birth and has has a MRI diagnosing an insult to the basal ganglia,Does anyone know much about this condition and what should i expect..Anyone know of anyone with this condition ...Any help greatly appreciated..
A quick search on google provided me a bit of information, but I can offer no first hand information. Your question caught my interest because I have a daughter with ganglioneuroblastoma (a pediatric cancer). The word "ganglia" caught my eye. From what I saw in medical journals, "insult" means damage. This could be from lack of oxygen prior to or during birth, or other causes. Damage to this area of the brain can cause a wide variety of problems, from minor speech problems to Parkinson's.

I will say a prayer for your daughter. Remember, babies can heal miraculously well because their systems are still developing!

Best of luck to you and your daughter.  (+ info)

Has anybody ever heard of Anti Basal ganglia Antibodies?

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What does mean? Can it be cured? How is it treated?
Is it treatable? Can it be cured?
Anti-basal ganglia antibodies (ABGA) are a type of anti-neuronal autoantibody to the basal ganglia (in the brain) associated with the development of movement disorders (dystonia, motor and vocal tics, chorea, Tourette's syndrome, Parkinson’s disease) in adults and psychiatric disturbances in children, including Sydenham’s chorea and PANDAS syndrome which refers to Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcus infections.  (+ info)

treatment of an infarct in the left basal ganglia in a H I V positive patient and whether fatal?

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the patient is on ARV and anti TB drugs but very weak and a lady aged 32 years
There is not much that can be done for a basal ganglia infarct. The doctors will have to monitor her neurologic function and see if she recovers. Her prognosis depends on the size of the infarct and her overall condition (which doesn't sound ideal given the HIV).

Info on damage to the basal ganglia:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001069.htm
http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/10813.html  (+ info)

Has anyone studied basal ganglia volume in children with Asperger's Syndrome?

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I wonder about ADHD/Asperger possible similarities.
Google scholar is your friend. It shows most research papers and the other papers they are cited in. You may need an athens account to log in to some.
If you are university you should really be searching journal articles through your university's literature search, it will give you more appropriate papers.

http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=%22basal+ganglia+volume%22+aspergers&hl=en&lr=&btnG=Search  (+ info)

what is faint bilateral basal ganglia calcifications?

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i have just been diagnosed with this and ive been looking around but cant seem to find anything that i can understand saying what this means. if any of you know i would appreciate it if you told me right away so I know. thanks

~catie may~
i am also 16. and im kinda freaking out cause i dont know what entirely this is lol
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"Acute right Basal Ganglia/Corona Radiata infarction" What does that mean?

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means a stroke in layman terms with the precise location in the corona radiata in basal ganglia which effects will be manifestated on left side of the body and usually left hemiparesis and difficulty in other communication skills  (+ info)

Left arm pain and numbness, radiating to the right arm, caused by a Right side basal ganglia ischemic episode?

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Woke up with severe "gone to sleep" pain and numbness in the left shoulder arm and hand, with weakness. It gradually spread to left neck and jaw, then radiated to the right neck, jaw , arm, and hand. Signs of right basal ganglia damage seen on MRI. My Dr thinks it was a small stroke, but this is only the upper extremities, neck and jaw. This was not a unilateral involvement. Could it have been a stroke? The weakness lasted only a hour or two, the pain comes and goes in shooting pain to the left shoulder to elbow and is still present after 8 days. almost all feeling has returned to left arm except for the index finger and half of the left thumb.
I had an MRI of the brain, but not of the cervical spine that showed damage to the right basal ganglia, but undetermined as to whether it was recent or not. I WAS carrying some heavy baggage on my shoulder to and from airports.
You need to have an MRI; it's possible that it could be a pinched nerve in the neck. Also, you may want to see a chiropractor. I've suffered from numbness on my entire left side off and on for almost three years and since I started to see the chiropractor, I have sporadic episodes and only from hip to knee!  (+ info)

Basal Ganglia cyst and brain lesion?

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I was told I have a cyst on my right basal ganglia and a .4mm lesion in my brain in Feb. I have had headaches in the past, lately these are different & its more the right side with sudden mood changes & vision in my right eye can someone tell me if this is normal for a cyst
NO...NOT NORMAL. See doc pronto!!!  (+ info)

What is the basal ganglia?

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i am not able to find a god enough definition for the basal ganglia and what it does, in doing a report on Huntington's and i need to know pronto!
Several large clusters of nerve cells, including the striatum and the substantia nigra, deep in the brain below the cerebral hemispheres.
The basal ganglia (or basal nuclei) are a group of nuclei in the brain interconnected with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem.

Mammalian basal ganglia are associated with a variety of functions: motor control, cognition, emotions, and learning. In modern use the term 'ganglia' is in this instance considered a misnomer; 'ganglion' refers to concentrations of neural nuclei in the periphery only (for example those of the autonomic nervous system), and the term 'basal nuclei' is preferred.

Basal ganglia diseases are encephalopathies that are primarily due to hyperfunction or hypofunction of the basal ganglia. Many are movement disorders.An example is Parkinson's disease.
The degenerative diseases of the basal ganglia, such as Huntington's disease (HD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Wilson's disease, have traditionally been classified as movement disorders, with associated cognitive and psychiatric manifestations.

However, HD, for example, might just as easily be regarded as a dementia, or indeed a primary psychiatric condition, with associated motor symptoms similar to dementia with Lewy bodies. In fact, some of the earliest descriptions of HD recognized as central features were the involvement of affect and cognition in addition to the motor manifestations.1 HD, as well as being a prototypical basal ganglia disorder, is also a paradigmatic neuropsychiatric condition.

The basal ganglia is roughly defined as the areas in the brain that, if damaged, would disrupt motor abilities. The exact definition has changed with increased understanding of the functioning of the brain. The most common definition includes the following areas: caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen, and the substantia nigra.

I hope it helps.Take care as always.  (+ info)

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