Network architecture of the cerebral nuclei (basal ganglia) association and commissural connectome.

ABSTRACT: The cerebral nuclei form the ventral division of the cerebral hemisphere and are thought to play an important role in neural systems controlling somatic movement and motivation. Network analysis was used to define global architectural features of intrinsic cerebral nuclei circuitry in one hemisphere (association connections) and between hemispheres (commissural connections). The analysis was based on more than 4,000 reports of histologically defined axonal connections involving all 45 gray matter regions of the rat cerebral nuclei and revealed the existence of four asymmetrically interconnected modules. The modules form four topographically distinct longitudinal columns that only partly correspond to previous interpretations of cerebral nuclei structure-function organization. The network o

SUBMITTER: Swanson LW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5056072 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature