The Striatum: Where Skills and Habits Meet

After more than a century of work concentrating on the motor functions of the basal ganglia, new ideas have emerged, suggesting that the basal ganglia also have major functions in relation to learning habits and acquiring motor skills. We review the evidence supporting the role of the striatum in op...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grafton, Scott T., Graybiel, Ann M
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106805
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4326-7720