Akinesia

Akinesia is the inability to initiate movement, due to problems with selecting and activating motor programs in the brain. It is a common consequence of Parkinson's disease causing dopamine loss in the direct pathway of movement.

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Akinetic mutism

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Parkinson's disease: Parkinson's disease (PD; paralysis agitans) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra (an area in the basal ganglia of the brain). The disease was first discovered and its symptoms documented in 1817 (An Essay on the Shaking Palsy) by the British physician Dr. James Parkinson; the asso...

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