Fewer studies have focused on projections from other cortical areas to the striatum. As with the frontal lobe, temporal lobe projections terminate throughout wide areas of the striatum.19,68,101,102 The superior temporal gyrus terminates primarily in the central half of the caudate nucleus and overlaps and is interdigitated with inputs from dPFC. Inferior temporal areas terminate more ventrally including the caudal and ventral putamen. These inputs overlap to some extent with those from the medial and orbital prefrontal areas. Visual areas in the temporal lobe terminate primarily in the caudal part of the striatum. Projections from the parietal lobe terminate in striatal areas that complement those that are interconnected with frontal lobe projections.19
