Basal Ganglia Flashcards
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Putamen
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Receives input from the premotor and sensorimotor cortex
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Caudate
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Learning and memory functions
Feedback processing
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Caudate and putamen
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Both receive fibers from the ipsilateral neocortex
Controls behavioraland cognitive function
Influences the motor operation of distal limb musculature
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Substantia nigra
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Contains melanin
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Globus pallidus interna
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Projects to the thalamus, ventrolateral and centromedian nuclei, receives GABAergic projections from caudate and putamen
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Globus pallidus externa
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Projects to the subthalamic nucleus, receives GABAergic projections from caudate and putamen