Functional neuroanatomy and behavioural correlates of the basal ganglia:evidence from lesion studies

Abstract

Introduction: The basal ganglia are interconnected with cortical areas involved in behavioural, cognitive and emotional processes, in addition to movement regulation. Little is known about which of these functions are associated with individual basal ganglia substructures. Methods: Pubmed was searched for literature related to behavioural, cognitive and emotional symptoms associated with focal lesions to basal ganglia structures in humans. Results: Six case-control studies and two case reports were identified as relevant. Lesion sites included the caudate nucleus, putamen and globus pallidus. These were associated with a spectrum of behavioural and cognitive symptoms, including abulia, poor working memory and deficits in emotional recognition. Discussion: It is often difficult to precisely map associations between cognitive, emotional or behavioural functions and particular basal ganglia substructures, due to the non-specific nature of the lesions. However, evidence from lesion studies shows that most symptoms correspond with established non-motor frontal-subcortical circuits.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2012-120264
Divisions: College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology
College of Health & Life Sciences > Clinical and Systems Neuroscience
College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (AIHN)
College of Health & Life Sciences
Additional Information: Copyright © 2013 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: basal ganglia,behaviour,cognition,emotion,lesion,neuropathology,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology,Clinical Neurology,Neurology
Publication ISSN: 1875-8584
Last Modified: 15 Mar 2024 08:11
Date Deposited: 21 May 2015 08:05
Full Text Link: http://www.hind ... 013/616741/abs/
Related URLs: http://www.scop ... tnerID=8YFLogxK (Scopus URL)
PURE Output Type: Special issue
Published Date: 2013
Authors: Ward, Peter
Seri, Stefano (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-9247-8102)
Cavanna, Andrea Eugenio

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