Caudate nucleus
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CAUDATE  nuclei sit astride the thalmus.
head, boyd and tail.
head and body form part of the floor of the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle.
 
Together the caudate and putamen form the dorsal striatum.
 
Caudate is separ. from the lentiform nucleus (made up of the GP and the Putamen)
by the anerior limb of the internal capsule.
 
Caudate receives synapses from DA neurons in SubstNigra pars caompacta and the
VTA.
 
motor control and feedback learning.
 
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