The Thalamus

The functional anatomy of basal ganglia disorders

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Local-global parcellation of the human cerebral cortex from intrinsic functional connectivity MRI

Schaefer, A., Kong, R., Gordon, E. M., Laumann, T. O., Zuo, X.-N., Holmes, A. J., Eickhoff, S. B., & Yeo, B. T. T. (2018) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1093/cercor/bhx179 · Cited by 3,657

Characterization and propagation of uncertainty in diffusion-weighted MR imaging

Behrens, T. E. J., Woolrich, M. W., Jenkinson, M., Johansen‐Berg, H., Nunes, R. G., Clare, S., Matthews, P. M., Brady, J. M., & Smith, S. M. (2003) · Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · doi:10.1002/mrm.10609 · Cited by 3,038

Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

Behrens, T. E. J., Johansen-Berg, H., Woolrich, M. W., Smith, S. M., Wheeler-Kingshott, C. A. M., Boulby, P. A., Barker, G. J., Sillery, E. L., Sheehan, K., Ciccarelli, O., et al. (2003) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/nn1075 · Cited by 2,330

Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA-containing cells in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study

Simerly, R. B., Swanson, L. W., Chang, C., & Muramatsu, M. (1990) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.902940107 · Cited by 2,118

Cerebellum and nonmotor function

Strick, P. L., Dum, R. P., & Fiez, J. A. (2009) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.31.060407.125606 · Cited by 1,777

The induction of pain: an integrative review

Millan, M. J. (1999) · Progress in Neurobiology · doi:10.1016/s0301-0082(98)00048-3 · Cited by 1,774

Tracking neuronal fiber pathways in the living human brain

Conturo, T. E., Lori, N. F., Cull, T. S., Akbudak, E., Snyder, A. Z., Shimony, J. S., McKinstry, R. C., Burton, H., & Raichle, M. E. (1999) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.96.18.10422 · Cited by 1,774

Cerebellar loops with motor cortex and prefrontal cortex of a nonhuman primate

Kelly, R. M., & Strick, P. L. (2003) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.23-23-08432.2003 · Cited by 1,595

The primate basal ganglia: Parallel and integrative networks

Haber, S. N. (2003) · Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy · doi:10.1016/j.jchemneu.2003.10.003 · Cited by 1,479

The neuropsychology of schizophrenia

Gray, J. A., Feldon, J., Rawlins, J. N. P., Hemsley, D. R., & Smith, A. D. (1991) · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · doi:10.1017/s0140525x00065055 · Cited by 1,350

Sleep and arousal: thalamocortical mechanisms

McCormick, D. A., & Bal, T. (1997) · Annual Review of Neuroscience · doi:10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.185 · Cited by 1,267

Limbic connections of the orbital and medial prefrontal cortex in macaque monkeys

Carmichael, S. T., & Price, J. L. (1995) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.903630408 · Cited by 1,197

Fiber Pathways of the Brain

Schmahmann, J. D., & Pandya, D. N. (2006) · doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195104233.001.0001 · Cited by 1,157

Expression of C‐fos‐like protein as a marker for neuronal activity following noxious stimulation in the rat

Bullitt, E. (1990) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.902960402 · Cited by 1,059

Cannabinoid receptors in the human brain: a detailed anatomical and quantitative autoradiographic study in the fetal, neonatal and adult human brain

Glass, M., Faull, R. L. M., & Dragunow, M. (1997) · Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/s0306-4522(96)00428-9 · Cited by 1,052

Do rats have a prefrontal cortex?

Uylings, H. B. M., Groenewegen, H. J., & Kolb, B. (2003) · Behavioural Brain Research · doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2003.09.028 · Cited by 1,013

On the computational architecture of the neocortex: I. The role of the thalamo-cortical loop

Mumford, D. (1991) · Biological Cybernetics · doi:10.1007/bf00202389 · Cited by 929

New Vistas on Amygdala Networks in Conditioned Fear

Paré, D., Quirk, G. J., & Ledoux, J. E. (2004) · Journal of Neurophysiology · doi:10.1152/jn.00153.2004 · Cited by 841

Control of Spatiotemporal Coherence of a Thalamic Oscillation by Corticothalamic Feedback

Contreras, D., Destexhe, A., Sejnowski, T. J., & Steriade, M. (1996) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.274.5288.771 · Cited by 515

Electrophysiological correlates of sleep delta waves

Amzica, F., & Steriade, M. (1998) · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · doi:10.1016/s0013-4694(98)00051-0 · Cited by 500

The subcortical anatomy of human spatial neglect: putamen, caudate nucleus and pulvinar

Karnath, H., Himmelbach, M., & Rorden, C. (2002) · Brain · doi:10.1093/brain/awf032 · Cited by 476

The organization of projections from the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus to orbital and medial prefrontal cortex in macaque monkeys

Ray, J. P., & Price, J. L. (1993) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.903370102 · Cited by 402

A specific role for the thalamus in mediating the interaction of attention and arousal in humans.

Portas, C. M., Rees, G., Howseman, A. M., Josephs, O., Turner, R., & Frith, C. D. (1998) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08979.1998 · Cited by 395

Constraints on cortical and thalamic projections: the no-strong-loops hypothesis

Crick, F., & Koch, C. (1998) · Nature · doi:10.1038/34584 · Cited by 353

Alzheimer's disease affects limbic nuclei of the thalamus

Braak, H., & Braak, E. (1991) · Acta Neuropathologica · doi:10.1007/bf00305867 · Cited by 328

Projection from the nucleus reuniens thalami to the hippocampal region: Light and electron microscopic tracing study in the rat with the anterograde tracer Phaseolus vulgaris ‐leucoagglutinin

Wouterlood, F. G., Saldana, E., & Witter, M. P. (1990) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.902960202 · Cited by 328

Modulations among the alerting, orienting and executive control networks

Callejas, A., Lupiàñez, J., Funes, M. J., & Tudela, P. (2005) · Experimental Brain Research · doi:10.1007/s00221-005-2365-z · Cited by 312

Diverse thalamic projections to the prefrontal cortex in the rhesus monkey

Barbas, H., Henion, T. H. H., & Dermon, C. R. (1991) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.903130106 · Cited by 292

The anatomical relationships of the prefrontal cortex with limbic structures and the basal ganglia

Groenewegen, H. J., Wright, C. I., & Uylings, H. B. M. (1997) · Journal of Psychopharmacology · doi:10.1177/026988119701100202 · Cited by 268

Inhibition recruitment in prefrontal cortex during sleep spindles and gating of hippocampal inputs

Peyrache, A., Battaglia, F. P., & Destexhe, A. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · doi:10.1073/pnas.1103612108 · Cited by 254

GABAA receptor changes in δ subunit‐deficient mice: Altered expression of α4 and γ2 subunits in the forebrain

Peng, Z., Hauer, B., Mihalek, R. M., Homanics, G. E., Sieghart, W., Olsen, R. W., & Houser, C. R. (2002) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.10210 · Cited by 247

Interactions Between Membrane Conductances Underlying Thalamocortical Slow-Wave Oscillations

DESTEXHE, A., & SEJNOWSKI, T. J. (2003) · Physiological Reviews · doi:10.1152/physrev.00012.2003 · Cited by 241

Functional Imaging of the Human Lateral Geniculate Nucleus and Pulvinar

Kastner, S., O'Connor, D. H., Fukui, M. M., Fehd, H. M., Herwig, U., & Pinsk, M. A. (2004) · Journal of Neurophysiology · doi:10.1152/jn.00553.2003 · Cited by 228

Brain and cognitive evolution: Forms of modularity and functions of mind.

Geary, D. C., & Huffman, K. J. (2002) · Psychological Bulletin · doi:10.1037/0033-2909.128.5.667 · Cited by 234

Organization and evolution of the avian forebrain

Reiner, A., Yamamoto, K., & Karten, H. J. (2005) · The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology · doi:10.1002/ar.a.20253 · Cited by 222

Huntington's disease (HD): the neuropathology of a multisystem neurodegenerative disorder of the human brain

Rüb, U., Seidel, K., Heinsen, H., Vonsattel, J. P., den Dunnen, W. F., & Korf, H. W. (2016) · Brain Pathology · doi:10.1111/bpa.12426 · Cited by 206

The morphology of synapses

Peters, A., & Palay, S. L. (1996) · Journal of Neurocytology · doi:10.1007/bf02284835 · Cited by 209

An examination of cetacean brain structure with a novel hypothesis correlating thermogenesis to the evolution of a big brain

Manger, P. R. (2006) · Biological Reviews · doi:10.1017/s1464793106007019 · Cited by 203

Thoughts on the development, structure and evolution of the mammalian and avian telencephalic pallium

Puelles, L. (2001) · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences · doi:10.1098/rstb.2001.0973 · Cited by 196

Thalamic subnetworks as units of function

Roy, D. S., Zhang, Y., Halassa, M. M., & Feng, G. (2022) · Nature Neuroscience · doi:10.1038/s41593-021-00996-1 · Cited by 177

Anatomical study of the connections of the primary auditory area in the rat

Roger, M., & Arnault, P. (1989) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.902870306 · Cited by 181

Attentional orienting is impaired by unilateral lesions of the thalamic reticular nucleus in the rat

Weese, G. D., Phillips, J. M., & Brown, V. J. (1999) · The Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-10135.1999 · Cited by 132

Eye-specific retinogeniculate segregation independent of normal neuronal activity

Huberman, A. D., Wang, G.-Y., Liets, L. C., Collins, O. A., Chapman, B., & Chalupa, L. M. (2003) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.1080694 · Cited by 129

Reentry: a key mechanism for integration of brain function

Edelman, G. M., & Gally, J. A. (2013) · Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience · doi:10.3389/fnint.2013.00063 · Cited by 131

Synaptic organization of projections from basal forebrain structures to the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus of the rat

Kuroda, M., & Price, J. L. (1991) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.903030402 · Cited by 122

Noradrenergic Control of Thalamic Oscillation: the Role of α‐2 Receptors

Buzsáki, G., Kennedy, B., Solt, V. B., & Ziegler, M. (1991) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1111/j.1460-9568.1991.tb00083.x · Cited by 123

Parallel driving and modulatory pathways link the prefrontal cortex and thalamus

Zikopoulos, B., & Barbas, H. (2007) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000848 · Cited by 114

Midline and intralaminar thalamic connections with the orbital and medial prefrontal networks in macaque monkeys

Hsu, D. T., & Price, J. L. (2007) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.21440 · Cited by 97

Topographic organization of the striatal and thalamic connections of rat medial agranular cortex

Reep, R. L., & Corwin, J. V. (1999) · Brain Research · doi:10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01779-5 · Cited by 91

Two channels in the cerebellothalamocortical system

Steriade, M. (1995) · Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/cne.903540106 · Cited by 90

Differential projection patterns of superior and inferior collicular neurons onto posterior paralaminar nuclei of the thalamus surrounding the medial geniculate body in the rat

Linke, R. (1999) · European Journal of Neuroscience · doi:10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00422.x · Cited by 88

Organization in the somatosensory sector of the cat's thalamic reticular nucleus

Crabtree, J. W. (1996) · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960304)366:2<207::aid-cne2>3.0.co;2-9 · Cited by 72

Initial cortical reactions to injury of the median and radial nerves to the hands of adult primates

Silva, A. C., Rasey, S. K., Wu, X., & Wall, J. T. (1996) · The Journal of Comparative Neurology · doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19960318)366:4<700::aid-cne9>3.0.co;2-8 · Cited by 71

Coma and Related Global Disturbances of the Human Conscious State

Plum, F. (1991) · Cerebral Cortex · doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-6622-9_9 · Cited by 68

Parallel Development of Chromatin Patterns, Neuron Morphology, and Connections: Potential for Disruption in Autism

García-Cabezas, M. Á., Barbas, H., & Zikopoulos, B. (2018) · Frontiers in Neuroanatomy · doi:10.3389/fnana.2018.00070 · Cited by 30

Postnatal expression pattern of calcium-binding proteins in organotypic thalamic cultures and in the dorsal thalamus in vivo

Sieg, F., Obst, K., Gorba, T., Riederer, B., Pape, H.-C., & Wahle, P. (1998) · Developmental Brain Research · doi:10.1016/s0165-3806(98)00097-2 · Cited by 18

A human brain network linked to restoration of consciousness after deep brain stimulation

Warren, A. E. L., Raguž, M., Friedrich, H., Schaper, F. L. W. V. J., Tasserie, J., Snider, S. B., Li, J., Chua, M. M. J., Butenko, K., Friedrich, M. U., et al. (2025) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61988-4 · Cited by 18

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Batardiere (1998) · doi:10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(19980713)396:4<493::aid-cne6>3.0.co;2-x