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Nature 400, 621-622 (12 August 1999) | doi:10.1038/23148

Neurobiology:  Oscillations in the basal ganglia

Thomas Wichmann1 & Mahlon R. DeLong1

The basal ganglia constitute a network of brain structures that are components of larger loops connecting cortical and subcortical structures. Like many neuronal assemblies in the mammalian nervous system, this network seems to have two distinct operational modes.

  1. Thomas Wichmann and Mahlon R. DeLong are in the Department of Neurology, Emory University, Suite 6000 Woodruff Memorial Research Building, 1639 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
    e-mail: Email: twichma@emory.edu