SENSORY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA

Authors
BROWN LL SCHNEIDER JS LIDSKY TI
Citation
Ll. Brown et al., SENSORY AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE BASAL GANGLIA, Current opinion in neurobiology, 7(2), 1997, pp. 157-163
Citations number
65
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Current opinion in neurobiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09594388
Volume
7
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
157 - 163
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-4388(1997)7:2<157:SACFOT>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Recent studies have found that the basal ganglia are involved in diver se behavioral activities and suggest that they have executive function s. Highlights from the past year include anatomical and clinical studi es that have used sophisticated, novel methods to confirm a role for t he basal ganglia in somatosensory discrimination, visual perception, s patial working memory and habit learning.