Cortical Function: a View from the Thalamus

✍ Scribed by V.A. Casagrande, R.W. Guillery, and S.M. Sherman (Eds.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 318
• Series: Progress in Brain Research 149
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Almost all of the messages that are received by the cerebral cortex from the environment or from the body's internal receptors come through the thalamus and much current thought about perceptual processing is based on sensory pathways that relay in the thalamus. This volume focuses on three major areas: the role of thalamocortical communication in cognition and attention; the role of the thalamus in communication between cortical areas; the hypothesis that much or all of the information relayed by thalamus, even to classical, pure "sensory" areas of cortex, represents a corollary message being sent simultaneously to motor centers. It presents a broad overview of important recent advances in these areas. * Provides a look at brain structures involved in perception and action * Includes summaries by leading investigators in the field* Presents recent advances in our understanding of brain functions

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
List of contributors
Pages v-vii

Preface
Pages ix-xiv

Contents
Pages xv-xvi

Pain and the primate thalamus Review Article
Pages 1-10
Henry J. Ralston III

On the impact of attention and motor planning on the lateral geniculate nucleus Review Article
Pages 11-29
Vivien. A. Casagrande, Gyula Sáry, David Royal, Octavio Ruiz

The vibrissal system as a model of thalamic operations Review Article
Pages 31-40
Martin Deschênes, Elena Timofeeva, Philippe Lavallée, Caroline Dufresne

Connexon connexions in the thalamocortical system Review Article
Pages 41-57
Scott J. Cruikshank, Carole E. Landisman, Jaime G. Mancilla, Barry W. Connors

Neural substrates within primary visual cortex for interactions between parallel visual pathways Review Article
Pages 59-64
Edward M. Callaway

Bottom-up and top-down dynamics in visual cortex Review Article
Pages 65-81
James Schummers, Jitendra Sharma, Mriganka Sur

Dynamic properties of thalamic neurons for vision Review Article
Pages 83-90
Henry J. Alitto, W. Martin Usrey

Spike timing and synaptic dynamics at the awake thalamocortical synapse Review Article
Pages 91-105
Harvey A. Swadlow, Tatiana Bezdudnaya, Alexander G. Gusev

Thalamic relays and cortical functioning Review Article
Pages 107-126
S. Murray Sherman

Functional cell classes and functional architecture in the early visual system of a highly visual rodent Review Article
Pages 127-145
Stephen D. Van Hooser, J. Alexander Heimel, Sacha B. Nelson

Drivers and modulators from push-pull and balanced synaptic input Review Article
Pages 147-155
L.F. Abbott, Frances S. Chance

Neural mechanisms underlying target selection with saccadic eye movements Review Article
Pages 157-171
Peter H. Schiller, Edward J. Tehovnik

Corticocortical and thalamocortical information flow in the primate visual system Review Article
Pages 173-185
David C. Van Essen

Corollary discharge and spatial updating: when the brain is split, is space still unified? Review Article
Pages 187-205
Carol L. Colby, Rebecca A. Berman, Laura M. Heiser, Richard C. Saunders

Drivers from the deep: the contribution of collicular input to thalamocortical processing Review Article
Pages 207-225
Robert H. Wurtz, Marc A. Sommer, James Cavanaugh

Interacting competitive selection in attention and binocular rivalry Review Article
Pages 227-234
Gene R. Stoner, Jude F. Mitchell, Mazyar Fallah, John H. Reynolds

Anatomical pathways that link perception and action Review Article
Pages 235-256
R.W. Guillery

The importance of modulatory input for V1 activity and perception Review Article
Pages 257-267
Michael A. Paradiso, Sean P. MacEvoy, Xin Huang, Seth Blau

Dual routes to action: contributions of the dorsal and ventral streams to adaptive behavior Review Article
Pages 269-283
Melvyn A. Goodale, Grzegorz Króliczak, David A. Westwood

A neurophilosophical slant on consciousness research Review Article
Pages 285-293
Patricia Smith Churchland

Index
Pages 295-302

✦ Subjects

Медицинские дисциплины;Физиология человека;Нейрофизиология человека;