Biology

The Neuroanatomical Organization of the Basal Ganglia

C. Gerfen, J. Bolam

2010Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-374767-9.00001-9

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The basal ganglia comprise a subcortical brain system through which the cerebral cortex affects behavior and the principal input structure is the striatum, whose GABAergic medium spiny neurons (MSNs) are the target of excitatory cortical and thalamic inputs.

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GERFEN, C.; BOLAM, J. The neuroanatomical organization of the basal ganglia. Handbook of Behavioral Neuroscience, 2010, 20: 3–28.