title: Sensory and cognitive functions of the basal ganglia.
abstract: Recent studies have found that the basal ganglia are involved in diverse behavioral activities and suggest that they have executive functions. Highlights from the past year include anatomical and clinical studies that have used sophisticated, novel methods to confirm a role for the basal ganglia in somatosensory discrimination, visual perception, spatial working memory and habit learning.
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Neurology, K-601, Bronx, New York, 10461, USA. brown@aecom.yu.edu
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Lidsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*