Subdivisions and Anatomical Boundaries of the Subthalamic Nucleus

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Topological organization of the STN. A, Schematic representation of anatomically distinct functional subdivisions of the STN. B, Alternative topological organization of the STN as supported by Haynes and Haber (2013). Yellow dots represent neurons from the limbic STN, red dots represent neurons from the associative/cognitive STN, and blue dots represent neurons from the motor circuit.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 33 no. 22 9233-9234
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