A chronometric functional sub-network in the thalamo-cortical system regulates the flow of neural information necessary for conscious cognitive processes

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1336-1349

  León Domínguez, Umberto ^a,c   Vela Bueno, Antonio ^c   Froufé Torres, Manuel ^c   León Carrión, Jose ^a,b  

^a Center for Brain Injury Rehabilitation CRECER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Awareness; Conscious cognitive processes; Consciousness; Neural information flow; Thalamic cortical system

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; AWARENESS; CONNECTOME; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSE OF COHERENCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84877901533     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.03.012     Document Type: Review

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