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The primate basal ganglia: Parallel and integrative networks

Haber, Suzanne N.·2003·Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Abstract

The basal ganglia and frontal cortex operate together to execute goal directed behaviors. This requires not only the execution of motor plans, but also the behaviors that lead to this execution, including emotions and motivation that drive behaviors, cognition that organizes and plans the general strategy, motor planning, and finally, the execution of that plan. The components of the frontal cortex that mediate these behaviors, are reflected in the organization, physiology, and connections between areas of frontal cortex and in their projections through basal ganglia circuits. This comprises a series of parallel pathways. However, this model does not address how information flows between circuits thereby developing new learned behaviors (or actions) from a combination of inputs from emotional, cognitive, and motor cortical areas. Recent anatomical evidence from primates demonstrates that the neuro-networks within basal ganglia pathways are in a position to move information across functional circuits. Two networks are: the striato-nigral-striatal network and the thalamo-cortical-thalamic network. Within each of these sets of connected structures, there are both reciprocal connections linking up regions associated with similar functions and non-reciprocal connections linking up regions that are associated with different cortical basal ganglia circuits. Each component of information (from limbic to motor outcome) sends both feedback connection, and also a feedforward connection, allowing the transfer of information. Information is channeled from limbic, to cognitive, to motor circuits. Action decision-making processes are thus influenced by motivation and cognitive inputs, allowing the animal to respond appropriate to environmental cues.

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Authors
Haber, S. N.
Affiliations
University of Rochester Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Haber, Suzanne N.
Venue
Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-12
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
317-330
ISSN
0891-0618 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2150857753
Cited by
1,479
References
206
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.94
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n44ns022311-002)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH45573)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NS22311)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
basal ganglia, frontal cortex, primate neuroanatomy, parallel neural pathways, goal-directed behavior, motivation, basal ganglia circuitry
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Humans, Mental Processes, Neural Pathways, Primates

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