Ventral striatum

Part of

basal ganglia

limbic system???

Located in

striatum

Consists of

nucleus accumbens

Inputs from

limbic

hippocmpus

amygdala

entorhinal cortices

Sends to

ventral pallidum???

Function

"one of the crossroads where emotional and motoric information can influence each other."

relays information from other limbic areas to ventral pallidum

how does this fit in anatomically with the go/no-go and the matrix/striosome compartmentalizations of the striatum???