PMID: 7581568Apr 1, 1995Paper

The striatonigral-thalamic mechanisms in the organization of behavior

Fiziologicheskiĭ zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova
N F SuvorovA V Mikhaĭlov

Abstract

Experiments in dogs with striatal deficiency revealed an important role of dopaminergic mechanisms in establishment of the situation conditioning. A rearrangement of the background unit activity of the caudate and thalamic nuclei preceding presentation of a conditioned stimulus and correlating with correct accomplishment of a motor task, was revealed in cats. Afferents from intralaminar and ventral nuclei of the thalamus were shown. Participation of striatal, nigral and thalamic levels in systemic organisation of motor conditioning is discussed.

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