The Cognitive Thalamus as a Gateway to Mental Representations
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The thalamus: gateway to the mind.
The thalamus of the brain is far more than the simple sensory relay it was long thought to be. From its location at the top of the brain stem it interacts directly with nearly every part of the brain. Its dense loops into and out of cortex render it functionally a seventh cortical layer. Moreover, it receives and sends connections to most subcortical areas as well. Of course it does function as...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0479-18.2018