Communications Biology (Oct 2022)

Intracranial direct electrical mapping reveals the functional architecture of the human basal ganglia

  • Lei Qi,
  • Cuiping Xu,
  • Xueyuan Wang,
  • Jialin Du,
  • Quansheng He,
  • Di Wu,
  • Xiaopeng Wang,
  • Guangyuan Jin,
  • Qiao Wang,
  • Jia Chen,
  • Di Wang,
  • Huaqiang Zhang,
  • Xiaohua Zhang,
  • Penghu Wei,
  • Yongzhi Shan,
  • Zaixu Cui,
  • Yuping Wang,
  • Yousheng Shu,
  • Guoguang Zhao,
  • Tao Yu,
  • Liankun Ren

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04084-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Direct electrical stimulation of the basal ganglia using implanted SEEG electrodes produced a variety of motor and non-motor effects in human participants, providing insight into the functional architecture of this key brain region.