Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
2043233 Current Biology 2011 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

SummaryThe lamprey brain has now been shown to have basal ganglia circuitry, with an output that acts tonically on midbrain and brainstem motor centers and is modulated by ascending dopaminergic input. This condition was believed to represent the tetrapod condition, but now appears to be far more ancient.

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