Selection of actions in the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits: Review and model

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 197-217

  Kropotov, Juri D ^a   Etlinger, Susan C ^b  

^a St Petersburg Division   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Attention; Basal ganglia; Human; Impulse activity of neurons; Preparatory set; Selection of actions; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); THALAMUS; VOLITION;

EID: 0032958146     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(98)00051-8     Document Type: Article

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