Bidirectional Control of Reversal in a Dual Action Task by Direct and Indirect Pathway Activation in the Dorsolateral Striatum in Mice

The striatum is a key brain structure involved in the processing of cognitive flexibility, which results from the balance between the flexibility demanded for novel learning of motor actions and the inflexibility required to preserve previously learned actions. In particular, the dorsolateral portio...

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Main Authors: Muriel Laurent, Jean-François De Backer, Danie Rial, Serge N. Schiffmann, Alban de Kerchove d'Exaerde
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00256/full