Planning basal ganglia

December 4 / 2017

Stage: b) planning

Approaches to learning: Information management and media literacy skills because I looked for various sources that would hopefully provide me with information about the basal ganglia and its parts, I synthesized the information and organized it in a proper way.

In this research about the basal ganglia, I had some trouble finding information about the parts I researched about, I guess that happened due to the fact that the basal ganglia for quite some years was thought to be one simple part, however recently,  it has been found that the basal ganglia is constituted by more parts and sections, parts that are yet to be thoroughly investigated. Taking into account I have very few information about this part of the brain, I will look for information and answers elsewhere different from web pages, such as specialists and books to hopefully, find more information about this section of the human brain.

Basal ganglia: - It includes the caudate, putamen, globus pallidus and substantia nigra .
- It was introduced about two decades ago

https://www.mayfieldclinic.com/PE-AnatBrain.htm
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3543080/

Caudate nucleus: - It sends messages to the frontal lobe informing us something is not right and we should do something about it.
- It begins behind the frontal lobe and curves back to the occipital lobe.

http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/basalganglia.html

Putamen: - It is involved in the movement of the limbs.
- Closely related to the caudate nucleus, nucleus accumbens, and globes pallidus.
- Parkinson´s and Huntington´s diseases affect the putamen.
- It coordinates automatic behaviors.

https://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/putamen
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/basalganglia.html

Globus pallidus: - It consists of neurons that contain GABA
- It is located at the base of the forebrain.
- It is close to the nucleus subthalamicus, the putamen and the mesencephalon.
- It receives inputs from the putamen and caudate nucleus and provides outputs to the substantia nigra
- It has an outer part and an inner part.

https://www.healthline.com/human-body-maps/medial-globus-pallidus
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/globus-pallidus
http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/basalganglia.html

Substantia nigra: - It is a nucleus in the midbrain
- It is made up of two different parts.
- Most dopamine neurons of the brain originate from here.

https://www.neuroscientificallychallenged.com/blog/know-your-brain-substantia-nigra