Interactions between the midbrain superior colliculus and the basal ganglia

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2010, Pages

  Redgrave, Peter ^a   Coizet, Veronique ^a,b   Comoli, Eliane ^a,c   McHaffie, John G ^d   Leriche, Mariana ^a   Vautrelle, Nicolas ^a   Hayes, Lauren M ^a   Overton, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Reinforcement learning; Selection; Striatum; Substantia nigra; Subthalamus; Superior colliculus; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS;

EID: 79957601789     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2010.00132     Document Type: Review

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