Although once regarded as a simple sensory relay on the way to the cortex, it is increasingly
apparent that the thalamus has a role in the ongoing moment-by-moment processing of …

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 …

Local field potentials from different visual cortical areas and subdivisions of the cat's lateral
posterior–pulvinar complex of the thalamus (LP-P) were recorded during a behavioral task …

The projections between the thalamus and primary visual cortex (V1) are a key reciprocal
neural circuit, relaying retinal signals to cortical layers 4 & 6 while being simultaneously …

Sensory signals reach the cerebral cortex after having made synapses in different relay
stations along the sensory pathway. The flow of sensory information in subcortical relay …

A reason why the thalamus is more than a passive gateway for sensory signals is that two-
third of the synapses of thalamocortical neurons are directly or indirectly related to the …

The spatial weighting functions of both retinal and lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) X-cell
receptive fields have been viewed as the difference of two Gaussians (DOG). We focus on a …

The endocannabinoid system is a modulatory system that has been strongly associated with
the regulation of functions as learning and memory, pain perception and sensory physiology …

The thalamus is the primary gateway that relays sensory information to the cerebral cortex.
While a single recipient cortical cell receives the convergence of many principal relay cells …

Organisms must learn what representations in the world are important–that is, which sights,
smells, and sounds indicate safety, food, or danger. Knowledge of what is and is not …