title: Basal ganglia macrocircuits.
abstract: This is the introductory chapter to an edited volume comprising 18 chapters written by 38 specially selected authors covering the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry/pharmacology and behavioral aspects of GABA in the basal ganglia. In this chapter the various nuclei of the basal ganglia are defined and their cellular structure, connections and function reviewed in brief in order to provide an orientation for the subsequent 17 chapters.
authors.affiliation: Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA. jtepper@andromeda.rutgers.edu
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tepper
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Abercrombie
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bolam
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid