What do the basal ganglia do?

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9118, 1998, Pages 1801-1804

  Brown, P ^a   Marsden, C D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; FACILITATION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032513885     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11225-9     Document Type: Note

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