The striatum, the major input structure of the basal ganglia, is critically involved in motor
control and learning of habits and skills, and is also involved in motivational and reward …

The striatum is critically involved in motor and motivational functions. The dorsal striatum,
caudate–putamen, is primarily implicated in motor control and the learning of habits and …

The striatum is an essential structure influencing behavioral action selection in processes
relevant to reward and motivation. Abnormalities in striatal function are associated with …

The basal ganglia occupy the core of the forebrain and consist of evolutionarily conserved
motor nuclei that form recurrent circuits critical for motivation and motor planning. The …

The striatum has long been known to be involved in the control of motor behavior, since
disruption of dopamine-mediated function in this brain structure is directly linked to …

The striatum has been involved in complex behaviors such as motor control, learning,
decision-making, reward and aversion. The striatum is mainly composed of medium spiny …

The central function of the striatum and its dopaminergic (DA) afference in motor control and
integration of cognitive and emotional processes is commonly explained by the two striatal …

The dorsal striatum is critically involved in a variety of motor behaviours, including regulation
of motor activity, motor skill learning and motor response to psychostimulant and neuroleptic …

The dorsal striatum, with its functional microcircuits galore, serves as the primary gateway of
the basal ganglia and is known to play a key role in implicit learning. Initially, excitatory …

Direct and indirect pathway striatal neurons are known to exert opposing control over motor
output. In this review, we discuss a hypothetical extension of this framework, in which direct …