Distributed dopaminergic signaling in the basal ganglia and its relationship to motor disability in Parkinson's disease

S Zhai, Q Cui, DNV Simmons, DJ Surmeier - Current opinion in …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The degeneration of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons that innervate the basal ganglia
is responsible for the cardinal motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). It has been …

[HTML][HTML] Corticostriatal pathways for bilateral sensorimotor functions

R Gómez-Ocádiz, G Silberberg - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Corticostriatal pathways are essential for a multitude of motor, sensory, cognitive, and
affective functions. They are mediated by cortical pyramidal neurons, roughly divided into …

From progenitors to progeny: sha** striatal circuit development and function

R Knowles, N Dehorter, T Ellender - Journal of Neuroscience, 2021‏ - jneurosci.org
Understanding how neurons of the striatum are formed and integrate into complex synaptic
circuits is essential to provide insight into striatal function in health and disease. In this …

Rethinking the network determinants of motor disability in Parkinson's disease

DJ Surmeier, S Zhai, Q Cui… - Frontiers in Synaptic …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
For roughly the last 30 years, the notion that striatal dopamine (DA) depletion was the critical
determinant of network pathophysiology underlying the motor symptoms of Parkinson's …

Layer 5 intratelencephalic neurons in the motor cortex stably encode skilled movement

T Shinotsuka, YR Tanaka, SI Terada… - Journal of …, 2023‏ - jneurosci.org
The primary motor cortex (M1) and the dorsal striatum play a critical role in motor learning
and the retention of learned behaviors. Motor representations of corticostriatal ensembles …

Striatal dopamine contributions to skilled motor learning

CD Phillips, AT Hodge, CC Myers… - Journal of …, 2024‏ - jneurosci.org
Coordinated multijoint limb and digit movements—“manual dexterity”—underlie both
specialized skills (eg, playing the piano) and more mundane tasks (eg, tying shoelaces) …

Cortico-striatal circuits for bilaterally coordinated movements

AK Pimentel-Farfan, AS Báez-Cordero… - Science …, 2022‏ - science.org
Movement initiation and control require the orchestrated activity of sensorimotor cortical and
subcortical regions. However, the exact contribution of specific pathways and interactions to …

The deep cerebellar nuclei to striatum disynaptic connection contributes to skilled forelimb movement

R Contreras-López, H Alatriste-León… - Cell reports, 2023‏ - cell.com
Cerebellar-thalamo-striatal synaptic communication has been implicated in a wide range of
behaviors, including goal-directed actions, and is altered in cerebellar dystonia. However, its …

The superior colliculus directs goal-oriented forelimb movements

S Chaterji, PH Belliappa, A Sathyamurthy - Cell Reports, 2025‏ - cell.com
Skilled forelimb control is essential for daily living, yet our understanding of its neural
mechanisms, although extensive, remains incomplete. Here, we present evidence that the …

Ram** activity in the striatum

A Ponzi, J Wickens - Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Control of the timing of behavior is thought to require the basal ganglia (BG) and BG
pathologies impair performance in timing tasks. Temporal interval discrimination depends …