This Special Issue of the European Journal Neuroscience (EJN) is dedicated to original papers and reviews that arose from presentations given during 13th Meeting International Basal Ganglia Society (IBAGS) held in Biarritz, France spring 2019. The meeting was organized by Thomas Boraud his team, with over 200 people attending. It consisted nine oral three poster sessions spread 5 days. started ...

The major anatomical connections of the basal ganglia are reviewed, emphasizing the inputs to the striatum and efferent projections from the major output nuclei, the internal segment of globus pallidus and the pars reticulata of substantia nigra. The results from lesioning experiments, electrical stimulation, and chronic recording of single neuron activity have provided a wealth of data concern...