title: Contributions of the basal ganglia and functionally related brain structures to motor learning.
abstract: This review discusses the cerebral plasticity, and the role of the cortico-striatal system in particular, observed as one is learning or planning to execute a newly learned motor behavior up to when the skill is consolidated or has become highly automatized. A special emphasis is given to imaging work describing the neural substrate mediating motor sequence learning and motor adaptation paradigms. These results are then put into a plausible neurobiological model of motor skill learning, which proposes an integrated view of the brain plasticity mediating this form of memory at different stages of the acquisition process.
authors.affiliation: Functional NeuroImaging Unit, University of Montreal Geriatric Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. julien.doyon@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Doyon
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bellec
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amsel
authors.forename: Virginia
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Penhune
authors.forename: Oury
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Monchi
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carrier
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lehéricy
authors.forename: Habib
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Benali
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*