It has long been recognized that classification of the basal ganglia system strictly as motor is untenable.
Furthermore, thalamic inputs can also gain access to basal ganglia output nuclei via subthalamo-pallidal projecting neurons, neurons receiving glutamatergic thalamo-subthalamic projections.
In addition to these behavioral differences, preterm children exhibited lower regional brain volumes in the cortex, ventricles, basal ganglia, amygdala, hippocampus, and corpus callosum.
They grow posteriorly from the lateral nerve ganglia into the developing neck region with cell bodies concentrated around their growing tips.
It receives many inputs from the periphery (sensory), cerebellum and basal ganglia.
One of these consists of the pathways connecting the basal ganglia with the mesencephalic optic tectum.
This has been suggested to result in disruption of the basal ganglia-thalamocortical circuits leading to obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
There are indications that separate operations in procedural learning are affected by damage to the frontal lobes, basal ganglia, and cerebellum.
