A 30-year-old male drug user with a history of methylphenyltetrahydropyridine (MPTP) exposure presents to the clinic with a tremor at rest, cogwheel rigidity, and postural instability. Direct innervation from the site of the lesion to which nuclei has been damaged?
(A) Caudate and putamen (striatum)
(B) Globus pallidus externus
© Globus pallidus internus
(D) Lateral geniculate nucleus
(E) Subthalamic nucleus
Ans
(A) Caudate and putamen (striatum)