Spike-timing dependent plasticity in the striatum

The striatum is the major input nucleus of basal ganglia, an ensemble of interconnected sub-cortical nuclei associated with fundamental processes of action-selection and procedural learning and memory. The striatum receives afferents from the cerebral cortex and the thalamus. In turn, it relays the...

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Main Authors: Elodie Fino, Laurent Venance
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2010.00006/full