KROK 1 2017 – Question 182 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Parkinson’s disease is caused by disturbance of dopamine synthesis. What brain structure synthesizes this neurotransmitter?
- A. Corpora quadrigemina
- B. Substantia nigra
- C. Red nuclei
- D. Hypothalamus
- E. Globus pallidus
Hint
Link the movement disorder to the dopaminergic pathway that reaches the striatum and ask where its cell bodies lie.
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