Click on areas of the diagram to see further information about the striatum or globus pallidus. Or click on the green arrow (above) to see a deeper coronal section and view the other structures in the basal ganglia.
image adapted from Nauta & Feirtag (1986)
STRIATUM & GLOBUS PALLIDUS
This image is a diagram of a cross section of the human brain. Highlighted in one of the hemispheres is the striatum (in blue) and globus pallidus (in green). Due to the crosssectional view the striatum appears to be divided into two (the lower section is called the putamen and the upper is called the caudate nucleus). The globus pallidus is divided into two segments, the external segment (closest to the striatum) and internal segment.