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The thalamus as a monitor of motor outputs.

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Guillery, R. W., Sherman, S. M.·2002·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences

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Many of the ascending pathways to the thalamus have branches involved in movement control. In addition, the recently defined, rich innervation of 'higher' thalamic nuclei (such as the pulvinar) from pyramidal cells in layer five of the neocortex also comes from branches of long descending axons that supply motor structures. For many higher thalamic nuclei the clue to understanding the messages that are relayed to the cortex will depend on knowing the nature of these layer five motor outputs and on defining how messages from groups of functionally distinct output types are combined as inputs to higher cortical areas. Current evidence indicates that many and possibly all thalamic relays to the neocortex are about instructions that cortical and subcortical neurons are contributing to movement control. The perceptual functions of the cortex can thus be seen to represent abstractions from ongoing motor instructions.

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Authors
Guillery, R. W., & Sherman, S. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
  • Stony Brook University (US)
Corresponding author
Guillery, R. W.
Venue
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
Published
2002-12-29
Volume
357
Issue
1428
Pages
1809-1821
ISSN
  • 0962-8436 (ISSN-L)
  • 1471-2970
OpenAlex
W2156598590
Cited by
128
References
95
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FWCI
0.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
thalamus, motor output, motor control, pulvinar, thalamocortical relay, descending motor pathways, motor instruction, thalamic nuclei
MeSH terms
Afferent Pathways, Animals, Brain Stem, Cats, Cerebral Cortex, Efferent Pathways, Models, Neurological, Spinal Cord, Thalamus, Visual Pathways

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