Extrapyramidal hyperkinesia

Extrapyramidal hyperkinesias are movement disorders that are based on a malfunction of certain parts of the basal ganglia , more precisely of the extrapyramidal motor system . The word extrapyramidal comes from the fact that the system lies outside the motor pyramidal trajectory. The extrapyramidal hyperkinesias are often contrasted with the (also extrapyramidal) hypokinesias .

They include u. a.

• Akathisia
• Athetosis
• Ballism or hemiballism
• Chorea
• Dystonia
• Myoclonus
• Restless legs syndrome
• Stereotypical movement disorders
• Tardive dyskinesia
• Tics
• Tourette syndrome
• tremor

literature

• Andres Ceballos-Baumann, Bastian Conrad (Ed.): Movement disorders. 2., act. and exp. Edition. Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart / New York 2005, ISBN 3-13-102392-9 .
• Stanley Fahn, Joseph Jankovic, Mark Hallett (Eds.): Principles and Practice of Movement Disorders. Churchill Livingstone Publishing, Philadelphia 2007, ISBN 978-0-443-07941-2 .