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The concept of the ventral striatum in nonhuman primates
1Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York 14642, USA. suzanne_haber@urmc.rochester.edu
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
|July 23, 1999
Abstract:
The concept of the ventral striatum was first put forth by Heimer and Wilson to describe the extension of basal ganglia elements into the olfactory tubercle. The ventral striatum includes the conventional nucleus accumbens, which has been closely associated with reward and motivation. This paper uses the afferent connections to the ventral striatum to define this region in monkeys. Furthermore the shell and core subterritories are discussed with respect to their histochemistry and specific connections.