AUTHOR=Schwab David J. , Houk James C. 

TITLE=Presynaptic Inhibition in the Striatum of the Basal Ganglia Improves Pattern Classification and Thus Promotes Superior Goal Selection

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

VOLUME=9

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00152

DOI=10.3389/fnsys.2015.00152

ISSN=1662-5137

ABSTRACT=<p>This review article takes a multidisciplinary approach to understand how presynaptic inhibition in the striatum of the basal ganglia (BG) contributes to pattern classification and the selection of goals that control behavior. It is a difficult problem both because it is multidimensional and because it is has complex system dynamics. We focus on the striatum because, as the main site for input to the BG, it gets to decide what goals are important to consider.</p>