A term not used as much as it once was, the extrapyramidal motor system is that part of the motor system centred on the BASAL GANGLIA rather than the CEREBRAL CORTEX. It was contrasted with the PYRAMIDAL MOTOR SYSTEM, with Cell bodies in the PRECENTRAL...

The motor side-effects resembling features of PARKINSON’S DISEASE (such as TREMOR; see TARDIVE DYSKINESIA) caused by ANTIPSYCHOTIC...

In human anatomy, the extrapyramidal system is a neural network located in the brain that is part of the motor system involved in the coordination of movement. The system is called "extrapyramidal" to distinguish it from the tracts of the motor cortex...