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COLD SPRING HARBOR PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY
Volume 7, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a021691
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01 EY012848, R01 NS025529, R01 MH060379]
- Office of Naval Research [N00014-07-1-0903]
- Public Health Service (PHS) [NS44393]
- U.S. Army Research Office [W911NF-09-D-0001]
- NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE [R01EY012848] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH [R01MH060379] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE [R01NS025529, P01NS044393] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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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 optimizing behavior by refining action selection and in shaping habits and skills as a modulator of motor repertoires. These findings challenge the notion that striatal learning processes are limited to the motor domain. The learning mechanisms supported by striatal circuitry generalize to other domains, including cognitive skills and emotion-related patterns of action.
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