Inferior Colliculus

Inferior Colliculus Inferior Colliculus

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Inferior Colliculus

Functions

• action selection
• motor control
• procedural learning
• habit formation (bruxism)
• eye movements
• emotional functions

Currently popular theories implicate the basal ganglia primarily in action selection, that is, the decision of which of several possible behaviors to execute at a given time.

Structures

• striatal

• • internal capsule (white matter)
  • caudate
  • putamen

• pallidal

• • external (globus pallidus)
  • internal (entopeduncular nucleus)

• nigral
• subthalamic

Inferior Colliculus

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