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Where Are The Basal Ganglia?

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    The basal ganglia basically are a collection of nuclei found in the brain interlinked with the cerebral cortex, thalamus and brainstem. Mammalian basal ganglia are related to a number of different functions like motor control, cognition, emotions and learning.

    The recognition that the basal ganglia arrangement represents a major cerebral system has been quite slow in emerging. The initial anatomical recognition of divergent subcortical structure was written by Thomas Willis in the year 1664. For quite a few years the expression corpus striatum was applied to depict a huge cluster of subcortical elements, a number of them were afterwards revealed to be functionally unrelated.

    Apart from that the putamen and the caudate nucleus were not associated together. The name striatum is derived from the striated look formed by radiating thick bundles of striato-pallido-nigral axons.
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