"A Theory of the Basal Ganglia and Their Disorders provides a view of basal ganglia that integrates evidence from the basic neurosciences, neurology, and psychiatry. The author explores the basal ganglia within a context of the function of the mammalian forebrain as a whole." "While many books cover cutting-edge research, none have addressed large-scale questions about the role of the basal ganglia as a whole. This is arguably the only book published in the last fifty years that has attempted to provide an overall theory of the basal ganglia, as well as relevant areas of neurology and psychiatry. It concisely presents the theory, rather than comprehensively covering all the literature, and places the essential clinical facts within a framework formulated for normal operations of the basal ganglia. Presenting a unified view, the book takes several steps toward unraveling the riddle that is basal ganglia."--BOOK JACKET.