Cognition can be conceptualized as a set of algorithmic control functions whose real-time
deployment determines how an organism stores and uses information to guide thought and …

The thalamus is the major source of cortical inputs shaping sensation, action, and cognition.
Thalamic circuits are targeted by two major inhibitory systems: the thalamic reticular nucleus …

The brain regions responsible for hallucinations remain unclear. We studied 89 brain
lesions causing hallucinations using a recently validated technique termed lesion network …

Thalamic oscillators contribute to both normal rhythms associated with sleep and anesthesia
and abnormal, hypersynchronous oscillations that manifest behaviorally as absence …

Most sensory information destined for the neocortex is relayed through the thalamus, where
considerable transformation occurs,. One means of transformation involves interactions …

Executive control, the ability to organize thoughts and action plans in real time, is a defining
feature of higher cognition. Classical theories have emphasized cortical contributions to this …

Glutamatergic pathways in thalamus and cortex are divided into two distinct classes: driver,
which carries the main information between cells, and modulator, which modifies how driver …

The dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus (dLGN) of the thalamus is the exclusive relay of retinal
information en route to the visual cortex. Although much of our understanding about dLGN …

We investigate how the population nonlinearities resulting from lateral inhibition and
thresholding in sparse coding networks influence neural response selectivity and …

The lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) has often been treated in the past as a linear filter that
adds little to retinal processing of visual inputs. Here we review anatomical …