Contributions of the basal ganglia and functionally related brain structures to motor learning

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-75

  Doyon, Julien ^a,b,h,i   Bellec, Pierre ^c,i   Amsel, Rhonda ^d   Penhune, Virginia ^e   Monchi, Oury ^a,b,i   Carrier, Julie ^a,b,f   Lehéricy, Stéphane ^g,i   Benali, Habib ^a,h,i  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^f HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^h UPMC Univ Paris 06   (France)

ⁱ Laboratoire International de Neuroimagerie et Modélisation LINeM   (France)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Consolidation; Motor adaptation; Motor sequence learning; Motor skill

Indexed keywords

MUSCIMOL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MEMORY; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 61549120770     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.11.012     Document Type: Review

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