Quick Facts
This is the outer, dark gray part of the lentiform nucleus. It is connected to the caudate nucleus by bands of gray substance which penetrate the internal capsule. The putamen is involved in learned physical skills and procedural memories.
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Putamen
The postcommissural putamen is the sensorimotor striatum because its cortical innervation largely arises from motor and somatosensory areas of the cerebral cortex.
