Studies of the organization of projections between the zona incerta (ZI) of the midbrain and basal ganglia were performed to analyze the possible pathways conducting different information and its integration in the projection systems studied. The organization of projections between these structures in dogs revealed topical elements demonstrating the possible segregated conduction of functionally different information in the basal ganglia system. However, the most characteristic feature of these projection systems is the convergent conduction of functionally diverse information, which is evidence for the possible integration of functionally diverse information both at the level of the ZI and at the levels of all the basal ganglia structures studied here.
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Translated from Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal imeni I. M. Sechenova, Vol. 96, No. 4, pp. 433–440, April, 2010.
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Gorbachevskaya, A.I. Analysis of Possible Information Conduction Pathways and Integration in the Basal Ganglia System Based on Their Interactions with the Zona Incerta. Neurosci Behav Physi 41, 837–842 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-011-9495-5
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