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Role of Stress-Related Dopamine Transmission in Building and Maintaining a Protective Cognitive Reserve

Cabib, S., Latagliata, E. C., & Orsini, C. (2022) · Brain Sciences · doi:10.3390/brainsci12020246 · Cited by 12

Interspecies Differences in the Connectivity of Ventral Striatal Components Between Humans and Macaques

Xia, X., Fan, L., Chen, C., Yao, R., Deng, H., Zhao, D., Li, H., & Jiang, T. (2019) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2019.00623 · Cited by 10

Selective ablation of striatal striosomes produces the deregulation of dopamine nigrostriatal pathway

Shumilov, K., Real, M. A., Valderrama‐Carvajal, A., & Rivera, A. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0203135 · Cited by 10

Fronto-striatal projections regulate approach-avoidance conflictPreprint

Loewke, A. C., Minerva, A. R., Nelson, A. B., Kreitzer, A., & Gunaydin, L. A. (2020) · bioRxiv · doi:10.1101/2020.03.05.979708 · Cited by 7

Developmental and Adult Striatal Patterning of Nociceptin Ligand Marks Striosomal Population With Direct Dopamine Projections

Hueske, E., Stine, C., Yoshida, T., Crittenden, J. R., Gupta, A., Johnson, J. C., Achanta, A. S., Bhagavatula, S., Loftus, J. H., Mahar, A., et al. (2024) · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.70003 · Cited by 9

In Humans, fMRI Reveals That Striosome‐Like and Matrix‐Like Striatal Voxels Are Engaged in Different Phases of Movement

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Ventral Pallidum and Amygdala Cooperate to Restrain Reward Approach under Threat

Hernández-Jaramillo, A., Illescas-Huerta, E., & Sotres-Bayón, F. (2024) · Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.2327-23.2024 · Cited by 10

Functional pathology of neuroleptic-induced dystonia based on the striatal striosome-matrix dopamine system in humans

Goto, S. (2024) · Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · doi:10.1136/jnnp-2024-334545 · Cited by 7

Prelimbic cortical targets of ventromedial thalamic projections include inhibitory interneurons and corticostriatal pyramidal neurons in the rat

Sieveritz, B., & Arbuthnott, G. W. (2020) · Brain Structure and Function · doi:10.1007/s00429-020-02109-3 · Cited by 8

Concomitant Processing of Choice and Outcome in Frontal Corticostriatal Ensembles Correlates with Performance of Rats

Handa, T., Harukuni, R., & Fukai, T. (2021) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1093/cercor/bhab091 · Cited by 7

Association of PIP4K2A Polymorphisms with Alcohol Use Disorder

Fedorenko, O. Y., Викторовна, М. Е., Toshchakova, V. A., LOONEN, A. J. M., Bokhan, N. A., & Ivanova, S. А. (2021) · Genes · doi:10.3390/genes12101642 · Cited by 8

Medial prefrontal cortex suppresses reward-seeking behavior with risk of punishment by reducing sensitivity to reward

Nishio, M., Kondo, M., Yoshida, E., & Matsuzaki, M. (2024) · Frontiers in Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnins.2024.1412509 · Cited by 8

Patchy striatonigral neurons modulate locomotor vigor in response to environmental valence

Hawes, S., Liang, B., Oldham, B., Sullivan, B. T., Wang, L., Song, B., Chang, L., Lin, D., & Cai, H. (2025) · eLife · doi:10.1101/2024.06.12.598675 · Cited by 6

Depression-associated reductions in putaminal volume are accompanied by a shift from matrix-like to striosome-like structural connectivity

Tieu, A. N., & Waugh, J. L. (2025) · Frontiers in Psychiatry · doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1647240 · Cited by 6

Dual-engram architecture within a single striatal cell type distinctly controls alcohol relapse and extinction

Xie, X., Huang, Y., Chen, R., Huang, Z., Gangal, H., Li, Z., Lu, J., Cruz, A. M., Chaiprasert, A., Yu, E., et al. (2026) · Neuron · doi:10.1016/j.neuron.2026.03.023 · Cited by 7

Chronic Stress Alters Striosome-Circuit Dynamics, Leading to Aberrant Decision-Making

Friedman, A., Homma, D., Bloem, B., Gibb, L. G., Amemori, K.-I., Hu, D., Delcasso, S., Truong, T. F., Yang, J., Hood, A. S., et al. (2017) · Cell · doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.10.017 · Cited by 162

Microstimulation of primate neocortex targeting striosomes induces negative decision‐making

Amemori, S., Amemori, K., Yoshida, T., Papageorgiou, G. K., Xu, R., Shimazu, H., Desimone, R., & Graybiel, A. M. (2020) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/ejn.14555 · Cited by 31

Striosomes and Matrisomes: Scaffolds for Dynamic Coupling of Volition and Action

Graybiel, A. M., & Matsushima, A. (2023) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev-neuro-121522-025740 · Cited by 58

A decision-space model explains context-specific decision-making

Beck, D. W., Heaton, C. N., Davila, L. D., Rakocevic, L. I., Drammis, S. M., Tyulmankov, D., Giri, A., Beck, S. U., Zhang, Q., Pokojovy, M., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61466-x · Cited by 5

Thalamostriatal projections and striosome-matrix compartments

Fujiyama, F., Unzai, T., & Karube, F. (2019) · Neurochemistry International · doi:10.1016/j.neuint.2019.01.024 · Cited by 17