ReviewNature neuroscience2017
Thalamic functions in distributed cognitive control.
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277 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Cephalopod Behavior: From Neural Plasticity to Consciousness.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
- Functional MRI-Specific Alterations in Salience Network in Mild Cognitive Impairment: An ALE Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
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- Preventing slowing down of alpha rhythms in stroke patients through modulation of cortical excitatory-inhibitory balance: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Preoperative thalamus volume is not associated with preoperative cognitive impairment (preCI) or postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD).Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Dorsal-to-ventral imbalance in the superior longitudinal fasciculus mediates methylphenidate's effect on beta oscillations in ADHD.Psychophysiology · 2022Trial
- Validation of ketamine as a pharmacological model of thalamic dysconnectivity across the illness course of schizophrenia.Molecular psychiatry · 2022Trial
- Early lineage divergence segregates sensory and motor-associative identities in the thalamus.Nature neuroscience · 2026Article
- Thalamic Nuclei Atrophy in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Across Disease Duration.Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI · 2026Article
- Disrupted Sensory-Motor Network Integrity in Excessive Online Gaming: Insight From Multimodal Morphometric Mapping.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Paratenial thalamus engages in reciprocal and broadcast circuits with the prefrontal cortex.Cell reports · 2026Article
- Thalamic modulation of cortical linearity across arousal states.Science advances · 2026Article
- Disrupted thalamic functional hierarchy on resting-state fMRI in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.European radiology experimental · 2026Article
- Auditory gamma-band synchronization and attentional performance in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.Epilepsia open · 2026Article
- Brain-AI convergence: Generative world models and hierarchical attention for human intelligence.Patterns (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Review
- Multimodal MRI prediction of cognitive functioning across the lifespan: separating between-person differences from within-person changes.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Neuroinflammation-associated thalamocortical functional connectivity and cognition in older adults.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Article
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Abstract
Cognition can be conceptualized as a set of algorithmic control functions whose real-time deployment determines how an organism stores and uses information to guide thought and action. A subset of these functions is required for goal-directed selection and amplification of sensory signals-broadly referred to as attention-and for its flexible control and its interaction with processes such as working memory and decision making. While the contribution of recurrent cortical microcircuits to cognition has been extensively studied, the role of the thalamus is just beginning to be elucidated. Here we highlight recent studies across rodents and primates showing how thalamus contributes to attentional control. In addition to high-fidelity information relay to or between cortical regions, thalamic circuits shift and sustain functional interactions within and across cortical areas. This thalamic process enables rapid coordination of spatially segregated cortical computations, thereby constructing task-relevant functional networks. Because such function may be critical for cognitive flexibility, clarifying its mechanisms will likely expand our basic understanding of cognitive control and its perturbation in disease.
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