A large number of computational models of information processing in the basal ganglia have been developed in recent years. Prominent in these are actor-critic models of basal ganglia functioning which ...

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CBS results in gradual loss of nerve cells (neurodegeneration) in the surface of the brain (the cerebral cortical areas) as well as deep structures (the basal ganglia). These brain regions are heavily ...

Dyskinesia has been associated with an imbalance in the output of the basal ganglia, but the pathophysiology of the involuntary movements remains unclear. Loss of dopaminergic neurons in the ...