Sommer, M. A. (2003). The role of the thalamus in motor control. Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 13, 663-670. doi: 10.1016/j.conb.2003.10.014Sommer MA. The role of the thalamus in motor control. Curr Opin Neurobiol 13: 663- 670, 2003....
The thalamus plays a part in motor control by providing positive reinforcement of movements initiated in the motor cortex. There are three specific nuclei associated with the thalamic role of motor control: Ventrolateral:coordination and cadence of movement Ventroanterior:planning and initiation of moveme...
Thalamus Abstract Thethalamus, also called thedorsal thalamus, is a large, paired, egg-shaped mass of nuclei located in the diencephalon (seeFigs. 23.1 to 23.3). It is bounded rostrally by the interventricular foramen, dorsally by the transverse cerebral fissure, ventrally by the hypothalamic sul...
While motor cortical circuits contain information related to specific movement parameters1, long-range inputs also have a critical role in action execution2,3. Thalamic projections can shape premotor activity2,3,4,5,6 and have been suggested7 to mediate the selection of short, stereotyped actions...
Animals must distinguish between signals from sensory stimuli and action-generated signals. This paper shows that the ventral lateral geniculate nucleus acts as a corollary discharge center to suppress motion-induced visual signals, orchestrating accurate perception and motor control. ...
The thalamus (from the Greek word meaning “chamber”) is centrally located between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain and is known for its role inrelaying sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex, and the regulation of sleep, consciousness, and alertness—rather like a hub of inform...
The function of thalamus in the human brain is it plays a crucial role in regulating states of sleep and wakefulness. Thalamic nuclei have strong reciprocal connections with the cerebral mantle that help in the formation of thalamo-cortico thalamic circuits that are believed to be involved in con...
In line with the role played by TCD in the disease, in PD patients, theta rhythms initially appear as a pseudo-periodic intrusion on resting-state background activity and later spread out to the whole cortex [78,131,132,133]. EEG abnormalities with TCD-like frequencies also occur in DLB ...
Relays from the cerebellar, limbic, and basal ganglia pathways are also found in the thalamus, subserving motor and autonomic functions as well. The thalamus in the left hemisphere may also play a role in speech and language (see Chapters 6 and 9Chapter 6Chapter 9). View chapter Chapter The...
... Charles Gerfen of NIMH, similarly showed that the thalamus plays a crucial role in sustaining short-term memory. To gather a reward, mice needed to remember where to move after a delay of seconds. What does the thalamus gland control? The hypothalamus controls body temperature, hunger, ...