Somatotopic organization of the primate basal ganglia

Somatotopic organization is a fundamental and key concept to understand how the cortico-basal ganglia loop works. It is also indispensable knowledge to perform stereotaxic surgery for movement disorders. Here I would like to describe the somatotopic organization of the basal ganglia, which consist o...

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Main Author: Atsushi eNambu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroanatomy
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnana.2011.00026/full