Talk:Dorsal striatum

I would argue that the Dorsal striatum does not include the entire lentiform nucleus, only the putamen. The striatum in itself does not either (see Wiki), so it would be strange if the dorsal part of the same structure does. It must have been confused with the occasionally used corpus striatum, where sometimes (i.e. seldomly) the GP is included. The distinction Dorsal & Ventral is to emphasize on the different functional properties of the circuits, i.e. the motor pathways & reward pathways, respectively.

So, the consensus is that the striatum primarily includes Nc.Caudatus & Putamen, and so does the dorsal striatum (albeit only the dorsal parts).