The thalamic intralaminar nuclei: A role in visual awareness

Neuroscientist

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-15

  Purpura, Keith P ^a   Schiff, Nicholas D ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Awareness; Cortical synchronization; Thalamus; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003080487     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849700300110     Document Type: Article

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