thalamus

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Function

Pharmacology

  • psychedelics may interfere with the filtering operations of the thalamus with more sensory information reaching the cortex[2]

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Components

References

  1. Clarke, D., UCLA Dept of Neurobehavior
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 Drew L Your brain on psychedelics. Nature. 2022 Sep;609(7929):S92-S94. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36171369
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Mallapaty S How does the brain control consciousness? This deep-brain structure. In a world of constant stimulation, the thalamus filters which thoughts we become aware of and which we don't. Nature News. April 3, 2025. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01021-2
    Fang Z, Dang Y, Ping A et al Human high-order thalamic nuclei gate conscious perception through the thalamofrontal loop. Science. 2025 Apr 4;388(6742):eadr3675. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/40179184 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr3675