Connectivity and functionality of the globus pallidus externa under normal conditions and Parkinson's disease

J Dong, S Hawes, J Wu, W Le, H Cai - Frontiers in neural circuits, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The globus pallidus externa (GPe) functions as a central hub in the basal ganglia for
processing motor and non-motor information through the creation of complex connections …

Cellular and synaptic dysfunctions in Parkinson's disease: stepping out of the striatum

N Mallet, L Delgado, M Chazalon, C Miguelez… - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The basal ganglia (BG) are a collection of interconnected subcortical nuclei that participate
in a great variety of functions, ranging from motor programming and execution to procedural …

Canceling actions involves a race between basal ganglia pathways

R Schmidt, DK Leventhal, N Mallet, F Chen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Salient cues can prompt the rapid interruption of planned actions. It has been proposed that
fast, reactive behavioral inhibition involves specific basal ganglia pathways, and we tested …

Beyond reward prediction errors: the role of dopamine in movement kinematics

JW Barter, S Li, D Lu, RA Bartholomew… - Frontiers in integrative …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
We recorded activity of dopamine (DA) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta in
unrestrained mice while monitoring their movements with video tracking. Our approach …

Functional dissection of basal ganglia inhibitory inputs onto substantia nigra dopaminergic neurons

RC Evans, EL Twedell, M Zhu, J Ascencio, R Zhang… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Substantia nigra (SNc) dopaminergic neurons respond to aversive stimuli with inhibitory
pauses in firing followed by transient rebound activation. We tested integration of inhibitory …

Dissociable roles of pallidal neuron subtypes in regulating motor patterns

Q Cui, A Pamukcu, S Cherian, IYM Chang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
We have previously established that PV+ neurons and Npas1+ neurons are distinct neuron
classes in the external globus pallidus (GPe): they have different topographical …

Striosomes control dopamine via dual pathways paralleling canonical basal ganglia circuits

I Lazaridis, JR Crittenden, G Ahn, K Hirokane… - Current Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Balanced activity of canonical direct D1 and indirect D2 basal ganglia pathways is
considered a core requirement for normal movement, and their imbalance is an etiologic …

A non-canonical striatopallidal Go pathway that supports motor control

MA Labouesse, A Torres-Herraez, MO Chohan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the classical model of the basal ganglia, direct pathway striatal projection neurons
(dSPNs) send projections to the substantia nigra (SNr) and entopeduncular nucleus to …

Intrinsic and integrative properties of substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons

FM Zhou, CR Lee - Neuroscience, 2011 - Elsevier
The GABA projection neurons of the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) are output
neurons for the basal ganglia and thus critical for movement control. Their most striking …

Propagation of oscillations in the indirect pathway of the basal ganglia

CJ Wilson, JA Jones - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Oscillatory signals propagate in the basal ganglia from prototypic neurons in the external
globus pallidus (GPe) to their target neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) …