PLOS Biology

#BasalGanglia are critical for decision-making, but how are their subregions coordinated? @nadjagingjehli &co show how the different subregions regulate #decision dynamics under varying degrees of conflict & uncertainty in a perceptual decision task #plosbiology plos.io/3WC13cq

Dr. Marie McNeely

Dr. Aryn Gittis shared insights about basal ganglia circuits and the new deep brain stimulation protocol that she is developing which leverages knowledge of these circuits and neuron firing patterns to provide longer-lasting effects.

michaeljfox.org/podcast/episod

#basalganglia #brain #neuro #neuroscience #research #science #podcast #podcasts #scicomm #sciencecommunication #parkinsons #ParkinsonsDisease #PD #DBS #BrainStimulation

Alessandro D'Ausilio

#NewPaper #Neuroscience

Another cool #Anatomy paper on the connectivity between #BasalGanglia and the #Cerebellum

Here some quotes:

"Neural processing in the basal ganglia is critical for normal movement.
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Many believe that the basal ganglia influence movement via thalamic projections to motor areas of the cerebral cortex and through projections to the cerebellum, which also projects to the motor cortex via the thalamus.
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However, lesions that interrupt these thalamic pathways to the cortex have little effect on many movements, including limb movements.
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In this report, we describe several brainstem pathways that connect basal ganglia output to the cerebellum via nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis (NRTP).
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The basal ganglia could ... alter movements via descending projections of the cerebellum.
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Pathways through NRTP ... may underlie deficits associated with basal ganglia disease."

link.springer.com/article/10.1

#Parkinson #MotorControl #MovementDisorders

Nucleus reticularis tegmenti pontis: a bridge between the basal ganglia and cerebellum for movement control - Experimental Brain Research

Neural processing in the basal ganglia is critical…

link.springer.com