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striatum /stri·a·tum/ (stri-a´tum) corpus striatum.stria´tal
stri·a·tum (str-tm)
n. pl. stri·a·ta (-t)
A collective term for the caudate nucleus, the putamen, and the globus pallidus, which form the corpus striatum.


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Surprisingly, it also affected another part of the human brain, the striatum, involved in both cognition and motor coordination.
Other categorization problems involve non-conscious, implicit processing that relies heavily on procedural learning and the striatum.
The neurons are located in the prefrontal cortex and the striatum, both of which play important roles in learning, movement and thought control.
 
 
 
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