The Caudate Nucleus begins just behind the frontal lobe and curves back towards the occipital lobe. It is an elongated C-shaped mass of gray matter with large rounded head, curved body and long slender tail. It is closely related to the lateral ventricle. Around the rostral border of the internal capsule, it is fused with the putamen of the lentiform nucleus while its tail terminates in close relationship to the amygdala. It sends its messages to the frontal lobe (especially the orbital cortex, just above the eyes).
Caudate Nucleus is part of corpus stratium ...so it related to basal ganglia and motor functions.
Caudate nucleus is part of basal ganglia with coordinating motor action to do exact action...
The caudate nucleus is one of the structures that make up the dorsal striatum, which is a component of the basal ganglia. It plays important roles in various other nonmotor functions as well, including procedural learning, and inhibitory control of action, among other functions. The caudate is also one of the brain structures which compose the reward system and functions as part of the cortico–basal ganglia–thalamic loop.
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