Task 2

Question 1

Input zone of the basal ganglia

Answer 1

The caudate and the putamen (also called corpus striatum) is the first zone reached by axons of the cerebral cortex and substantia nigra

Question 2

Medium spiny neurons

Answer 2

• A class of cells in the striatum, whose dendrites are the
  destinations of the incoming axons from the cerebral cortex
• Axons of the medium spiny neurons converge on neurons in the pallidumwhich are the main basal ganglia outputs

Question 3

Corticostriatal pathway

Answer 3

All of the projections from the cortical areas to the straitum