Akinesia

Akinesia (from the prefix a-, "without", and the Greek κίνηση, kinisi, "motion") is the inability to initiate movement due to difficulty selecting and/or activating motor programs in the central nervous system. Common in severe cases of Parkinson's disease, akinesia is a result of severely diminished dopaminergic cell activity in the direct pathway of movement. Akinetic mutism is a condition in which a person is both mute and akinetic. A textbook... more
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