Instead, the thalamus—especially its high-order nuclei—appears to play an active and early role in making sensory information available to our awareness.

New research reveals this inconsistency may be due to a feedback loop between the thalamus and somatosensory cortex, where thalamic input subtly changes how sensitive cortical neurons are to incoming ...

We explored how active and passive touch are represented differently in the brain and find that the higher-order thalamus (POm) strongly differentiates these situations.” ...

“The most striking finding from our study was the synergistic interaction between the neocortex and the higher-order thalamus,” Furutachi told IFLScience. “We discovered that when specific ...

We explored how active and passive touch are represented differently in the brain and find that the higher-order thalamus (POm) strongly differentiates these situations." ...