A new study published in Science has identified the thalamus as a central player in how humans become consciously aware of ...

A newly identified brain circuit in mice may explain why we sleep longer and deeper after being sleep deprived – and lead to ...

How do animals bounce back from sleep deprivation? Scientists found a subset of neurons in the mouse thalamus that repay this ...

Recent research led by Mark Wu , Professor of Neurology at John Hopkins University, has potentially identified the area in ...

It will no longer be the thalamus as a whole, but specific nuclei, visual or auditory, and this is applicable to any function in which the nucleus and its connections are involved," he concludes ...

July 22, 2020 — Researchers have mapped the thalamic reticular nucleus in unprecedented detail, revealing that the region contains two distinct subnetworks of neurons with different functions ...

The dorsal thalamus, ... Aside from olfaction, in all sensory processing, a sensory signal is received by a thalamic nucleus and then directed to the relevant cortical area.

McAlonan et al. (2000) Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Activation Reflects Attentional Gating during Classical Conditioning, J. Neurosci, 20(23):8897–8901.

Jerzy Szaflarski, M.D., Ph.D., professor in the UAB Department of Neurology and epilepsy division director, explains the rationale behind targeting the anterior thalamic nucleus saying, "The path of ...