Evidence for a task-dependent switch in subthalamo-nigral basal ganglia signaling

oleh: Jay J. Jantz, Masayuki Watanabe, Ron Levy, Douglas P. Munoz

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-10-01

Deskripsi

Basal ganglia can both facilitate or inhibit movement through excitatory and inhibitory pathways; however whether these opposing signals are dynamically regulated during behavior is not known. Here the authors use multinucleus LFP recordings and electrical microstimulation in monkeys performing saccade based tasks to show task specific changes in the tonic weighting of these pathways.