Schizophrenia is a major mental disorder that affects approximately 1% of the population
worldwide. Cognitive deficits are a key feature of the disorder and a primary cause of long …

The role of the thalamus in mediating the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) was
recently proposed in a model of communication and corroborated by imaging studies …

Thalamic abnormalities have been repeatedly implicated in the pathophysiology of
schizophrenia and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Uncovering the etiology of thalamic …

Background Thalamic nuclei facilitate a wide range of complex behaviors, emotions, and
cognition and have been implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders including Alzheimer's …

Severe psychiatric illnesses, for instance schizophrenia, and affective diseases or autism
spectrum disorders, have been associated with cognitive impairment and perturbed …

Psychotic symptoms occur in a majority of schizophrenia patients and in~ 50% of all
Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Altered grey matter (GM) structure within several brain …

The exposure to aversive experiences during early-life affects brain maturation and induces
changes in behavior. Additionally, when these experiences coincide with subtle …

Background The thalamus is central to brain functions ranging from primary sensory
processing to higher-order cognition. Structural deficits in thalamic association nuclei such …

Schizophrenia (SZ) is a debilitating mental illness characterized by adolescence or early
adulthood onset of psychosis, positive and negative symptoms, as well as cognitive …

The human pulvinar is considered a prototypical associative thalamic nucleus as it
represents a key node in several cortico‐subcortical networks. Through this extensive …