Basal ganglia circuits for reward value-guided behavior

• Published in: Annual review of neuroscience Vol. 37; p. 289
• Main Authors: Hikosaka, Okihide, Kim, Hyoung F, Yasuda, Masaharu, Yamamoto, Shinya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Animals; Basal Ganglia - physiology; Basal Ganglia - physiopathology; Basal Ganglia Diseases - physiopathology; Brain Mapping; Decision Making - physiology; Humans; Memory - physiology; Neural Pathways - physiology; Reward; Saccades - physiology; Superior Colliculi - physiology; Visual Perception - physiology; caudate nucleus; flexible value; substantia nigra; stable value; visual object; superior colliculus

The basal ganglia are equipped with inhibitory and disinhibitory mechanisms that enable a subject to choose valuable objects and actions. Notably, a value can be determined flexibly by recent experience or stably by prolonged experience. Recent studies have revealed that the head and tail of the cau...