Basal ganglia macrocircuits

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Abstract

This is the introductory chapter to an edited volume comprising 18 chapters written by 38 specially selected authors covering the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry/pharmacology and behavioral aspects of GABA in the basal ganglia. In this chapter the various nuclei of the basal ganglia are defined and their cellular structure, connections and function reviewed in brief in order to provide an orientation for the subsequent 17 chapters.

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Acknowledgements

Supported in part by a grant from the National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NS-34865), U.S.A. (JMT) and the Medical Research Council, U.K. (JPB). Many thanks to Ben Micklem for the preparation of the figure.

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