Basal ganglia output to the thalamus: Still a paradox

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 695-705

  Goldberg, Jesse H ^a,c   Farries, Michael A ^b   Fee, Michale S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Behavior; Cortex; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARM MOVEMENT; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPIKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

BASAL GANGLIA; BEHAVIOR; CORTEX; THALAMUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84888860345     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.09.001     Document Type: Review

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