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An experimental study of pathways from the basal ganglia
Author(s) -
Laursen Arne Mosfeldt
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
journal of comparative neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 209
eISSN - 1096-9861
pISSN - 0021-9967
DOI - 10.1002/cne.901020102
Subject(s) - citation , basal ganglia , biology , library science , neuroscience , computer science , central nervous system
This paper is a contribution to the ever current discussion of the function and the connections of the basal ganglia. An attempt has been made to correlate so far as possible the results of this experimental study with the data available in the literature, However, it does not take the student of this region long to realize that such data are often confusing and extremely controversial. It seems probable that much of the difference of opinion is due to the fact that authors dealing with the subject have applied a variety of technics, none of which is sufficient alone to make possible definite conclusions. The limitations of the classical technic employed in the present study are recognized, and furthermore the material presented is small in amount. The author accordingly wishes to emphasize that the failure of the present material to confirm the connections described by some other, authors cannot be regarded as a sufficient reason for a denial of their existence. However, the positive results here reported are regarded as offering documentation of certain connections which have been in dispute particularly since the appearance of the paper of Ranson and Ranson in 1941.