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| Basal ganglia (9) | |
| Nucleus accumbens (8) | |
| Striatum (9) | |
In a study with mice, his team found a previously unknown population of neurons within the subventricular zone (SVZ) neurogenic niche of the adult brain, adjacent to the striatum.
One such region may be the striatum which mediates motor and cognitive controls between the cortex
Studies of stroke injury in rodents have noted SVZ cells apparently migrating into the neighboring striatum.
And just last month in the journal Cell, a Swedish team observed newly made control neurons called interneurons in the human striatum for the first time.
to study the neurotransmitter dopamine in a region called the ventral striatum, which is involved in motivation,
This dopamine travels through the mesolimbic pathway to the ventral striatum, where it combines with sensory information from other parts of the brain to reinforce behavior
The researchers also developed an algorithm that lets them calculate the precise amount of dopamine present in each fraction of a cubic millimeter of the ventral striatum.
After delivering the MRI sensor to the ventral striatum of rats, Jasanoff team electrically stimulated the mesolimbic pathway
and was able to detect exactly where in the ventral striatum dopamine was released. An area known as the nucleus accumbens core, known to be one of the main targets of dopamine from the VTA,
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