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Who dominates who in the dark basements of the brain?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2007

Tony J. Prescott  and
Mark D. Humphries
Tony J. Prescott
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/tony/[email protected]://www.abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/mark/
Mark D. Humphries
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom. [email protected]://www.abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/tony/[email protected]://www.abrg.group.shef.ac.uk/mark/
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Abstract

Subcortical substrates for behavioural integration include the fore/midbrain nuclei of the basal ganglia and the hindbrain medial reticular formation. The midbrain superior colliculus requires basal ganglia disinhibition in order to generate orienting movements. The colliculus should therefore be seen as one of many competitors vying for control of the body's effector systems with the basal ganglia acting as the key arbiter.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , February 2007 , pp. 104 - 105
Copyright
2007 Cambridge University Press

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