Rethinking the thalamus

Paul W. Glimcher; Brian Lau

doi:10.1038/nn0805-983

Rethinking the thalamus

Paul W. Glimcher, Brian Lau

Neural Science

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Abstract

Reward-sensitive neurons are present throughout the brain. A report in Science now shows that a subset of thalamic neurons respond selectively to the smaller of two rewards, as opposed to just reflecting reward magnitude, as do neurons in other brain areas.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	983-984
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Neuroscience
Volume	8
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0805-983
State	Published - Aug 2005

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