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All of the following statements about the basal ganglia are correct EXCEPT: a. Parkinson's disease results from damage to the nigrostriatal pathway. b. The net effect of excitation of the direct pathway is to inhibit cortex. c. The basal ganglia have both motor and cognitive functions. d. The subthalamic nucleus is the origin of the only purely excitatory pathway within the basal ganglia intrinsic circuitry. e. The striatopallidal pathway is GABAergic.

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          All of the following statements about the basal ganglia are correct EXCEPT: a. Parkinson's disease results from damage to the nigrostriatal pathway. b. The net effect of excitation of the direct pathway is to inhibit cortex. c. The basal ganglia have both motor and cognitive functions. d. The subthalamic nucleus is the origin of the only purely excitatory pathway within the basal ganglia intrinsic circuitry. e. The striatopallidal pathway is GABAergic.

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All of the following statements about the basal ganglia are correct EXCEPT: a. Parkinson's disease results from damage to the nigrostriatal pathway. b. The net effect of excitation of the direct pathway is to inhibit cortex. c. The basal ganglia have both motor and cognitive functions. d. The subthalamic nucleus is the origin of the only purely excitatory pathway within the basal ganglia intrinsic circuitry. e. The striatopallidal pathway is GABAergic.