After more than a century of work concentrating on the motor functions of the basal ganglia, new ideas have emerged, suggesting that the basal ganglia also have major functions in relation to learning habits and acquiring motor skills.
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The "basal ganglia" refers to a group of subcortical nuclei responsible primarily for motor control, as well as other roles such as motor learning, executive functions and behaviors, and emotions.
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The review states that the basal ganglia have major functions not only in motor control but also in habit learning and motor skill acquisition.
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After more than a century of work concentrating on the motor functions of the basal ganglia, new ideas have emerged, suggesting that the basal ganglia also have major functions in relation to learning habits and acquiring motor skills.
Disruption of the basal ganglia network forms the basis for several movement disorders.
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Disruption of the basal ganglia network forms the basis for several movement disorders.
The basal ganglia are a group of subcortical nuclei responsible primarily for motor control and also contribute to motor learning, executive functions, behaviors, and emotions.
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The "basal ganglia" refers to a group of subcortical nuclei responsible primarily for motor control, as well as other roles such as motor learning, executive functions and behaviors, and emotions.
Parallel circuits within the basal ganglia subserve non-motor functions by engaging associative and limbic territories.
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Furthermore, parallel circuits subserve the other functions of the basal ganglia engaging associative and limbic territories.