Prefrontal cortex-basal ganglia circuits in the rat: Involvement of ventral pallidum and subthalamic nucleus

• Published in: Synapse (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 363 - 370
• Main Authors: Maurice, Nicolas, Deniau, Jean-Michel, Menetrey, Annie, Glowinski, Jacques, Thierry, Anne-Marie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.08.1998
• Subjects: Animals; Axons - physiology; Basal Ganglia - physiology; Electric Stimulation; Evoked Potentials - physiology; Globus Pallidus - physiology; Male; Neural Inhibition - physiology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurons - physiology; nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal Cortex - physiology; rat; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; substantia nigra pars reticulata; Synaptic Transmission - physiology; Thalamic Nuclei - cytology; Thalamic Nuclei - physiology

The core of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc core) is the principal input structure to the basal ganglia circuitry for the prelimbic and medial orbital areas (PL/MO) of the prefrontal cortex. As is now well recognized in the rat, the main basal ganglia output of this prefrontal channel is the dorsomedial...