Dynamic control of decision and movement speed in the human basal ganglia

The neural mechanisms determining the speed of decisions and movements in the human brain remain poorly understood. Here, the authors reveal that the subthalamic nucleus causally controls decision and movement speed independently for each hemisphere.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Damian M. Herz, Manuel Bange, Gabriel Gonzalez-Escamilla, Miriam Auer, Keyoumars Ashkan, Petra Fischer, Huiling Tan, Rafal Bogacz, Muthuraman Muthuraman, Sergiu Groppa, Peter Brown
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35121-8