The intralaminar and midline nuclei of the thalamus. Anatomical and functional evidence for participation in processes of arousal and awareness

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 107-140

  Van Der Werf, Ysbrand D ^a,b   Witter, Menno P ^a   Groenewegen, Henk J ^a  

^a Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences ICEN   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY NERVE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MIDLINE THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0036757709     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0173(02)00181-9     Document Type: Review

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