Basal Ganglia

A topic within Neuroanatomy, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Neuroscience.

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Paper2008

Habits, Rituals, and the Evaluative Brain

Ann Graybiel

Argues the basal ganglia encode habits as chunked action sequences evaluated by dopamine signals, linking habitual behaviour to a specific circuit mechanism.

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Paper1986

Parallel Organization of Functionally Segregated Circuits Linking Basal Ganglia and Cortex

Garrett Alexander, Mahlon DeLong & Peter Strick

Proposes that basal ganglia-cortex connections form several parallel, functionally segregated loops rather than a single funnel converging on motor output.

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Habits, Rituals, and the Evaluative Brain

Parallel Organization of Functionally Segregated Circuits Linking Basal Ganglia and Cortex

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