The basal ganglia downstream control of brainstem motor centres-an evolutionarily conserved strategy

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-52

  Grillner, Sten ^a   Robertson, Brita ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN STEM; CONNECTOME; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN STEM; HUMANS; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84922637002     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2015.01.019     Document Type: Review

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