Marcus Stephenson‐Jones

Evolutionary Conservation of the Basal Ganglia as a Common Vertebrate Mechanism for Action Selection

Marcus Stephenson‐Jones, Ebba Samuelsson, Jesper Ericsson et al. · Current Biology · 2011 · 287 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Neural Mechanism, Common Vertebrate Mechanism +11

A basal ganglia circuit for evaluating action outcomes

Marcus Stephenson‐Jones, Kai Yu, Sandra Ahrens et al. · Nature · 2016 · 227 citations

Neural Mechanism, Medicine, Basal Ganglia Circuit +8

Evolutionary conservation of the habenular nuclei and their circuitry controlling the dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HT) systems

Marcus Stephenson‐Jones, Orestis Floros, Brita Robertson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 183 citations · Full text

Neurotransmitter, Molecular Biology, Neurotransmission +21

The evolutionary origin of the vertebrate basal ganglia and its role in action selection

Sten Grillner, Brita Robertson, Marcus Stephenson‐Jones · The Journal of Physiology · 2013 · 180 citations · Full text

Basal Ganglia, Brain Mechanism, Motor Control +20

Opposing Contributions of GABAergic and Glutamatergic Ventral Pallidal Neurons to Motivational Behaviors

Marcus Stephenson‐Jones, Christian Bravo-Rivera, Sandra Ahrens et al. · Neuron · 2020 · 171 citations · Full text

Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience +9