Branched thalamic afferents: What are the messages that they relay to the cortex?

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 205-219

  Guillery, R W ^a   Sherman, S Murray ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corollary discharge; Efference copy; Embodied perception; Sensorimotor link

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; HUMAN; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE TRACT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; THALAMUS;

EID: 78751705600     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: 18726321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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