Exploring Thalamocortical Interactions: Circuitry for Sensation, Action, and Cognition

Exploring Thalamocortical Interactions: Circuitry for Sensation, Action, and Cognition
ISBN-10
019750387X
ISBN-13
9780197503874
Category
Medical
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2021-11-12
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
S. Murray Sherman, W. Martin Usrey

Description

"The purpose of this book is to offer a somewhat different view from standard (read: textbook) accounts of the relationships between the thalamus and cortex and what this all means for cortical functioning. Some of these ideas have been evolving for some time (Halassa and Sherman, 2019;Usrey and Sherman, 2019;Usrey and Alitto, 2015;Briggs and Usrey, 2014;Usrey, 2002;Sherman, 2016;Sherman and Guillery, 2013;Sherman and Guillery, 2006). This is not meant as a thorough documentation of all things thalamic and cortical, but rather a selective interpretation of certain features of thalamus and cortex that lead to some new ideas and hypotheses. Some of these are quite speculative, and we shall attempt to emphasize differences in our version between generally accepted facts and speculation. Our goal is not so much to get the reader to accept our hypotheses and speculations, but rather to encourage skepticism and rethinking of standard textbook accounts of the subject"--

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