Basal ganglia
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Recent papers in Basal ganglia
Whilst dysfunction of basal ganglia-thalamic circuitry is implicated in the genesis of parkinsonian symptomatology, few studies have examined the effects of lesioning the motor thalamus in the context of parkinsonism. Forty rats were... more
The neurochemical organization of the posterior caudate nucleus (CN) (body, gyrus and tail) and putamen (Put) was analyzed in the human brain using adjacent sections stained for acetylcholinesterase (AChE), limbic system-associated... more
The superior capability of cognitive experts largely depends on quick automatic processes. To reveal their neural bases, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain activity of professional and amateur players in a board... more
The lamprey belongs to the phylogenetically oldest group of vertebrates that diverged from the mammalian evolutionary line 560 million years ago. A comparison between the lamprey and mammalian basal ganglia establishes a detailed... more
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) subserves reasoning in the service of adaptive behavior. Little is known, however, about the architecture of reasoning processes in the PFC. Using computational modeling and neuroimaging, we show here that the... more
A sensitive immunofluorescene technique was used to describe systematically the distribution of dopamine-β-hydroxylase (DBH)-containing cell bodies, non-terminal fiber pathways, and terminal fields in the brain of the male albino rat. DBH... more
This article provides current information relevant to school social workers who serve students with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), including how OCD is defined in children and adolescents, the impact of OCD on schooling, issues in... more
In this study we examined the effect of dopaminergic modulation on learning and memory. Parkinson’s patients were tested on vs. off dopaminergic medication, using a two-phase learning and transfer task. We found that dopaminergic... more
Despite the widespread abuse of marijuana, knowledge about its effects in the human brain is limited. Brain glucose metabolism with and without Δ 9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (main psychoactive component of marijuana) was evaluated in... more