p563fig15.33 The basal ganglia gate neural processing in many parts of the brain.  The feedback loop through the lateral orbitofrontal cortex (blue arrow, lateral orbitofrontal) is the one that MOTIVATOR models.<BR>||  MOTIVATOR models one of several thalamocortical loops through basal ganglia (Adapted from <I>Fundamental Neuroscience</i>. 2002 Copyright Elsevier).  [cortex-> striatum-> pallidum S. nigra-> thalamus] vs [motor, oculomotor, dorsolateral prefrontal, lateral orbitofrontal, anterior cingulate].  thalamus-> [striatum, cortex].