Activity of striatal neurons reflects dynamic encoding and recoding of procedural memories

Terra D. Barnes, Yasuo Kubota, Dan Hu, Dezhe Z. Jin and Ann M. Graybiel ()
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Terra D. Barnes: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yasuo Kubota: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dan Hu: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dezhe Z. Jin: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ann M. Graybiel: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7062, 1158-1161

Abstract: Get used to it... Habit formation is an important factor in both human and animal behaviour patterns. These stereotyped behaviours are hard won, requiring extensive repetition, and difficult to lose. But once lost a habit can be quickly regained. The basal ganglia are known as a key part of the brain's habit system, but it is not known what they do. Now a study of rats navigating a maze demonstrates that as animals acquire a habit through training and then lose the habit and again acquire it through further bouts of training, waves of changing activity occur in the basal ganglia. Surprisingly, the research suggests that a main role of the basal ganglia may be to change the habit memories, not simply to store them.

Date: 2005
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