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Researchers challenge textbook ideas of how the brain specifies movement

February 27, 2025 by

Using a novel system, researchers found that a part of the basal ganglia called the striatum is not involved in action selection as previously thought. Instead, the striatum and the motor cortex work together to specify movement parameters to carry out an action.

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