Central mechanisms of motor skill learning.

Full Abstract

Recent studies have shown that frontoparietal cortices and interconnecting regions in the basal ganglia and the cerebellum are related to motor skill learning. We propose that motor skill learning occurs independently and in different coordinates in two sets of loop circuits: cortex-basal ganglia and cortex-cerebellum. This architecture accounts for the seemingly diverse features of motor learning.

Author information

Author/s: Hikosaka, Okihide (O); Nakamura, Kae (K); Sakai, Katsuyuki (K); Nakahara, Hiroyuki (H);

Affiliation: Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 49, Room 2A50, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. oh(-atsign-)lsr.nei.nih.gov

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Review

Journal: Current opinion in neurobiology (Curr Opin Neurobiol), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2002-Apr; vol 12 (issue 2) : pp 217-22

Dates: Created 2002/05/16; Completed 2002/06/19; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 12015240, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00)

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