PMID-17182916[0] Subthalamic and Striatal Neurons Concurrently Process Motor, Limbic, and Associative Information in Rats Performing an Operant Task
- STN encodes behavioral events (reinforcement, nose poke, correct / incorrect trials). So does the striatum.
- This study is rather nonspecific, but it makes sense that a conserved and well connected region is active during learning & general behavior.
- That is, while the subthalamic nucleus is considered an output relay of the basal ganglia, more likely it operates in parallel to facilitate forms of learning; as such, responses are shown to rewards, cues, etc.
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[0] Teagarden MA, Rebec GV, Subthalamic and striatal neurons concurrently process motor, limbic, and associative information in rats performing an operant task.J Neurophysiol 97:3, 2042-58 (2007 Mar) |
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