Basal ganglia macrocircuits.

نویسندگان

  • J M Tepper
  • E D Abercrombie
  • J P Bolam
چکیده

This is the introductory chapter to an edited volume comprising 18 chapters written by 38 specially selected authors covering the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry/pharmacology and behavioral aspects of GABA in the basal ganglia. In this chapter the various nuclei of the basal ganglia are defined and their cellular structure, connections and function reviewed in brief in order to provide an orientation for the subsequent 17 chapters.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Progress in brain research

دوره 160  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007