Gating of attentional effort through the central thalamus

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1152-1163

  Schiff, N D ^a   Shah, S A ^a   Hudson, A E ^a   Nauvel, T ^a   Kalik, S F ^a   Purpura, K P ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal regulation; Corollary discharge; Corticothalamic pair recordings; Intralaminar nuclei; Phasic alerting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTIONAL EFFORT; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CENTRAL THALAMUS; COGNITION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORY GATING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN WAVES; CUES; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSORY GATING;

EID: 84874037298     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00317.2011     Document Type: Article

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