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11 - Functional Anatomy of Basal Ganglia Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2025

Anne Buckingham Young
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Abstract: Anne and Jack researched the effects of dopamine on striatal cells. They worked with graduate student Helen Pan, fellow Roger Albin and colleague Anton Reiner. Anne and Jack were invited to present their theory at a symposium on basal ganglia research in Manchester, UK. In August 1987, the Michigan Chapter of the Committee to Combat Huntington’s Disease hosted the national organization’s annual meeting in Ann Arbor, where Jack and Anne gave talks to the attendees. Nancy stayed at Anne and Jack’s and spent time with Jessie and Ellen. They witnessed an explosion in the sky, which turned out to be a terrible plane crash. When Anne was in London for an Alzheimer’s symposium, Jack had a life-threatening internal bleed from taking 12 aspirin a day. Jack was very stoic and didn’t like to complain about his health. Anne and Jack’s lab became the most popular among MD/PhD students interested in neuroscience. The longer Jack and Anne lived together, the more they became one person. Anne, Roger Albin and Jack put together a manuscript titled, “The Functional Anatomy of Basal Ganglia Disorders” as a speculative review for the journal Trends in Neuroscience, which was published in 1989. The model has stood the test of time and is cited often 35 years after it was published.

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Disorderly Movements
A Neurologist's Adventures in the Lab and Life
, pp. 193 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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