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Striatum

The striatum is a subcortical part of the brain consisting of the caudate nucleus and the putamen. It is part of the basal ganglia.

See also: Neuroscience Wiki entry for striatum:

http://www.ifi.unizh.ch/~andel/neurowiki/nw.cgi?Striatum