“Rather than actively shaping experience, the thalamus (if it is considered at all) has typically been relegated to a role in gating contents into consciousness,” the team explains in its paper.

The thalamus is a small structure within the brain located just above the brain stem between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain and has extensive nerve connections to both. The primary function ...

Often dubbed the brain’s Grand Central Station, the thalamus is a complex structure housing multiple neural “train tracks” originating from different locations. Each track routes and ferries a unique ...

Without the MDO, the thalamus cannot form. The MDO also later matures into the zona limitans intrathalamica (ZLI), a structure that provides a both a signalling center and a border separating the ...

Researchers think that the abnormal brain activity that causes Essential Tremor is processed through a structure deep in the brain called the thalamus. Stereotactic thalamotomy works by destroying ...

The thalamus is a structure in the middle of the brain that regulates prefrontal cortex function in the adult. However, its role during adolescent development is elusive. To test how cortical ...

It has two small halves and serves several roles. All the body’s senses, except smell, connect to the thalamus. This small structure transfers information from the senses to the brain.

Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, Ph.D., cared for a 20-year-old woman who had experienced a very small stroke, affecting only the thalamus. "It was so tiny that she wouldn't ...

After forming in the hippocampus, a curved structure that lies deep within the brain, the mice’s memories were actually rooted through what’s called the anterior thalamus, an area of the brain ...

How Does Deep Brain Stimulation Work? To treat essential tremor with deep brain stimulation, electrodes are placed in the thalamus during surgery. The electrodes are connected by wires to a type ...