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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cacciola A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4960230 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in human neuroscience 20160726
Substantia nigra is an important neuronal structure, located in the ventral midbrain, that exerts a regulatory function within the basal ganglia circuitry through the nigro-striatal pathway. Although its subcortical connections are relatively well-known in human brain, little is known about its cortical connections. The existence of a direct cortico-nigral pathway has been demonstrated in rodents and primates but only hypothesized in humans. In this study, we aimed at evaluating cortical connect ...[more]