Neuromodulation of Executive Circuits

• Main Author: Evelyn K. Lambe (auth)
• Other Authors: Allan T. Gulledge (auth), Guillermo Gonzalez-Burgos (auth), M. Victoria Puig (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Dopamine; Serotonin; Thalamus; noradrenaline; Acetylcholine; Basal Ganglia; Executive Function; Prefrontal Cortex
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High-order executive tasks involve the interplay between frontal cortex and other cortical and subcortical brain regions. In particular, the frontal cortex, striatum and thalamus interact via parallel fronto-striatal "loops" that are crucial for the executive control of behavior. In all of...