KROK 1 2016 – Question 181 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Parkinson’s disease is caused by disruption of dopamine synthesis. What brain structure synthesizes this neurotransmitter?
- A. Corpora quadrigemina
- B. Red nucleus
- C. Substantia nigra
- D. Globus pallidus
- E. Hypothalamus
Hint
Ask which brain structure supplies the striatum with dopamine through the pathway whose degeneration underlies the movement disorder in the stem.
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