title: Basal ganglia play a crucial role in decision making.
abstract: Many studies have suggested that the striatum, located at the interface of the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic circuit, consists of separate circuits that serve distinct functions It plays an important role in motor planning, value processing, and decision making.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital Cochin (site Tarnier), Faculty of Medicine Paris Descartes, INSERM U 894, CNP, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Florence
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Thibaut
mesh_terms: D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000502:physiology*; D003657:Decision Making / Q000502:physiology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012201:Reward
chemical_list: D004298:Dopamine
keywords: basal ganglia; decision making; dopamine; nucleus accumbens; reward; striatum