Table 1 Summary of regions showing automatic value retrieval responses in the primate basal ganglia
From: Brain substrates for automatic retrieval of value memory in the primate basal ganglia
Region in the basal ganglia | Function | Putative cell type /Target region | Behavioral task | Manipulation | Subject | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Effect | ||||||
Tail of the caudate nucleus (caudal region) | Automatic value retrieval, Spatial selectivity, Stimulus–response process | Medium spiny neuron / Caudal-ventral SNr, Caudal-ventral GPe | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing, Free-looking, Category learning, Motor learning | Inactivation by muscimol injection, Neurotoxic lesion | Deficit in LTVM-guided automatic eye movement, Deficit in visual habit | Macaque monkey, Human | |
Ventral striatum (caudal region) | Automatic value retrieval | Medium spiny neuron / n/a | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing | n/a | n/a | Macaque monkey, Human | [13] |
Globus pallidus external segment (caudal-ventral region) | Automatic value retrieval, Spatial selectivity | Medium spiny neuron / Caudal-ventral SNr | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing | n/a | n/a | Macaque monkey | |
Substantia nigra pars reticulata (caudal-lateral region) | Automatic value retrieval, Spatial selectivity | Medium spiny neuron / Superior colliculus | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing | n/a | n/a | Macaque monkey | |
Substantia nigra pars compacta (caudal-ventral region) | Automatic value retrieval, Spatial selectivity | Dopamine neuron / Caudate tail | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing | n/a | n/a | Macaque monkey | |
Putamen (caudal-ventral region) | Automatic value retrieval, Spatial selectivity | Medium spiny neuron / n/a | Long-term value learning, Passive-viewing, Free-viewing, Visual discrimination | Neurotoxic lesion | Deficit in visual habit | Macaque monkey | |