PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Balleine, Bernard W.
AU  - Delgado, Mauricio R.
AU  - Hikosaka, Okihide
TI  - The Role of the Dorsal Striatum in Reward and Decision-Making
AID  - 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1554-07.2007
DP  - 2007 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of Neuroscience
PG  - 8161--8165
VI  - 27
IP  - 31
4099  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/31/8161.short
4100  - http://www.jneurosci.org/content/27/31/8161.full
SO  - J. Neurosci.2007 Aug 01; 27
AB  - Although the involvement in the striatum in the refinement and control of motor movement has long been recognized, recent description of discrete frontal corticobasal ganglia networks in a range of species has focused attention on the role particularly of the dorsal striatum in executive functions. Current evidence suggests that the dorsal striatum contributes directly to decision-making, especially to action selection and initiation, through the integration of sensorimotor, cognitive, and motivational/emotional information within specific corticostriatal circuits involving discrete regions of striatum. We review key evidence from recent studies in rodent, nonhuman primate, and human subjects.