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The Basal Ganglia

Novel Perspectives on Motor and Cognitive Functions

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Editors:
  1. Jean-Jacques Soghomonian

    1. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

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  • Presents current concepts of anatomy and circuitry of the basal ganglia
  • Discusses functional integration between motor and non-motor circuits of the basal ganglia
  • Illuminates little known cognitive functions of the basal ganglia
  • Explores role of basal ganglia in executive functioning, instrumental learning, reward and motivation, language, social behavior, and consciousness

Part of the book series: Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience (Innovations Cogn.Neuroscience)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxviii
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  2. Introduction: Overview of the Basal Ganglia and Structure of the Volume

    • Jean-Jacques Soghomonian, Vinoth Jagaroo
    Pages 1-8

  3. Functional and Anatomical Organization of Basal Ganglia: Limbic and Motor Circuits

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Limbic-Basal Ganglia Circuits Parallel and Integrative Aspects

      • Henk J. Groenewegen, Pieter Voorn, Jørgen Scheel-Krüger
      Pages 11-45

    3. Anatomy and Function of the Direct and Indirect Striatal Pathways

      • Jean-Jacques Soghomonian
      Pages 47-67

    4. The Thalamostriatal System and Cognition

      • Yoland Smith, Rosa Villalba, Adriana Galvan
      Pages 69-85

    5. Dopamine and Its Actions in the Basal Ganglia System

      • Daniel Bullock
      Pages 87-113

  4. Motor Function, Dystonia and Dyskinesia

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
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    2. Cortico-Striatal, Cognitive-Motor Interactions Underlying Complex Movement Control Deficits

      • Aaron Kucinski, Martin Sarter
      Pages 117-134

    3. Interactions Between the Basal Ganglia and the Cerebellum and Role in Neurological Disorders

      • Christopher H. Chen, Diany Paola Calderon, Kamran Khodakhah
      Pages 135-153

    4. Signaling Mechanisms in l-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia

      • Cristina Alcacer, Veronica Francardo, M. Angela Cenci
      Pages 155-185

  5. Perception, Learning and Cognition

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 187-187
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    2. Cognitive and Perceptual Impairments in Parkinson’s Disease Arising from Dysfunction of the Cortex and Basal Ganglia

      • Deepti Putcha, Abhishek Jaywant, Alice Cronin-Golomb
      Pages 189-216

    3. The Basal Ganglia and Language: A Tale of Two Loops

      • Anastasia Bohsali, Bruce Crosson
      Pages 217-242

    4. The Basal Ganglia Contribution to Controlled and Automatic Processing

      • Estrella Díaz, Juan-Pedro Vargas, Juan-Carlos López
      Pages 243-259

    5. Striatal Mechanisms of Associative Learning and Dysfunction in Neurological Disease

      • Shaun R. Patel, Jennifer J. Cheng, Arjun R. Khanna, Rupen Desai, Emad N. Eskandar
      Pages 261-287

    6. Alcohol Effects on the Dorsal Striatum

      • Mary H. Patton, Aparna P. Shah, Brian N. Mathur
      Pages 289-315

  6. Motivation, Decision Making, Reinforcement and Addiction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317
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    2. The Subthalamic Nucleus and Reward-Related Processes

      • Christelle Baunez
      Pages 319-337

    3. The Basal Ganglia and Decision-Making in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

      • Sule Tinaz, Chantal E. Stern
      Pages 339-361
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About this book

This groundbreaking text takes current knowledge of the basal ganglia far from well-known motor-based models to a more inclusive understanding of deep-brain structure and function. Synthesizing diverse perspectives from across the brain-behavioral sciences, it tours the neuroanatomy and circuitry of the basal ganglia, linking their organization to their controlling functions in core cognitive, behavioral, and motor areas, both normative and disordered. Interactions between the basal ganglia and major structures of the brain are identified in their contributions to a diverse range of processes, from language processing to decision-making, emotion to visual perception, motivation to intent. And the basal ganglia are intimately involved in the mechanisms of dysfunction, as evinced by chapters on dyskinesia, Parkinson’s disease, neuropsychiatric conditions, and addictions.

 

Included in the coverage: 

 

  •          Limbic-basal ganglia circuits:parallel and integrative aspects.
  •          Dopamine and its actions in the basal ganglia system.
  •          Cerebellar-basal ganglia interactions.
  •          The basal ganglia contribution to controlled and automatic processing.
  •          The basal ganglia and decision making in neuropsychiatric disorders.
  •         The circuitry underlying the reinstatement of cocaine seeking:                        modulation by deep brain stimulation.
  •          The basal ganglia and hierarchical control in voluntary behavior.

 

Its breadth and depth of scholarship and data should make The Basal Ganglia a work of great interest to cognitive psychologists and neuroscientists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, neuropsychiatrists, and speech-language pathologists.

 

 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

    Jean-Jacques Soghomonian

About the editor

Jean-Jacques Soghomonian received a doctorate in neuroscience from the University of Aix-Marseille and a Ph.D. in neurological sciences from the University of Montreal. He completed postdoctoral training at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania and joined the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at Boston University School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Soghomonian maintains an active research program on the anatomical and functional organization of the basal ganglia in the normal brain and in experimental models of Parkinson’s disease. Dr. Soghomonian teaches medical histology and medical neuroscience to undergraduate and graduate medical students, and is director of the graduate course Methods in Neuroscience. He currently serves on the MD-PhD admission committee at Boston University School of Medicine and on the qualifying committee in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Basal Ganglia

  • Book Subtitle: Novel Perspectives on Motor and Cognitive Functions

  • Editors: Jean-Jacques Soghomonian

  • Series Title: Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42743-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-42741-6Published: 11 November 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69485-6Published: 24 October 2017

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-42743-0Published: 04 November 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2509-730X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-7318

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVIII, 578

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 49 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Neuropsychology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences

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