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Evolution of the basal ganglia: Dual-output pathways conserved throughout vertebrate phylogeny

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Input to the Lateral Habenula from the Basal Ganglia Is Excitatory, Aversive, and Suppressed by Serotonin

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The Dopamine D2 Receptor Gene in Lamprey, Its Expression in the Striatum and Cellular Effects of D2 Receptor Activation

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Modulation of Striatal Projection Systems by Dopamine

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Evolutionary Conservation of the Basal Ganglia as a Common Vertebrate Mechanism for Action Selection

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Striatal cellular properties conserved from lampreys to mammals

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Evolutionary conservation of the habenular nuclei and their circuitry controlling the dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HT) systems

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Cortical and Thalamic Innervation of Direct and Indirect Pathway Medium-Sized Spiny Neurons in Mouse Striatum

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Regulation of parkinsonian motor behaviours by optogenetic control of basal ganglia circuitry

(2010) Alexxai V. Kravitz et al.   NATURE

The habenula: from stress evasion to value-based decision-making

(2010) Okihide Hikosaka   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Simple cellular and network control principles govern complex patterns of motor behavior

(2009) A. Kozlov et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Forebrain dopamine depletion impairs motor behavior in lamprey

(2008) R. H. Thompson et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Diencephalic Locomotor Region in the Lamprey—Afferents and Efferent Control

(2008) Ariane Ménard et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Corticostriatal and Thalamostriatal Synapses Have Distinctive Properties

(2008) J. Ding et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Forebrain control of locomotor behaviors

(2007) Kaoru Takakusaki   BRAIN RESEARCH REVIEWS

Neural bases of goal-directed locomotion in vertebrates—An overview

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