"Many of the studies on dyslexia show a thalamic involvement; now we shall have a specific view of which nuclei are related. It will no longer be the thalamus as a whole, but specific nuclei, visual ...

A team of Columbia University researchers has reported new evidence that cognitive abnormalities seen in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia may be traceable to altered activity in the ...

The thalamus has evolved from a mere relay station to a central integrator of sensory, motor and cognitive information, interfacing with cortical and subcortical networks to support perception, ...

A recent study from Simon Fraser University researchers has revealed how an overlooked type of indirect brain damage contributes to ongoing disability after a stroke. The paper, published in ...

In a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers evaluated the effectiveness and safety of deep brain stimulation (DBS) within the central lateral (CL) thalamic nuclei and the ...

Aerobic exercise has the potential to restore function in adults with multiple sclerosis (MS) and thalamic atrophy — a patient population at increased risk for progressive physical and cognitive ...

This news release is available in German. Every day, we constantly absorb information through our sensory organs, which the brain then needs to process correctly. The information initially reaches the ...

The visual thalamus is classically known to relay visual stimuli coming from the retina to the cerebral cortex. Researchers now show that although neurons in the mouse visual thalamus connect to both ...

A specific electrical rhythm in the central thalamus, oscillating between 19 and 45 Hz, has been detected only when people are awake or dreaming during REM sleep. The signal disappears entirely during ...

The scientists discovered that thalamic inhibition during adolescence led to adult deficits in attentional set shifting -- a form of cognitive flexibility that is impaired in individuals with ...