Thalamus Archives - Knowing Neurons

Ayushe Sharma May 30, 2023May 20, 2023 Anosmia, AON, Glomerulus, Hippocampus, Olfactory Bulb, Olfactory Cortex, Olfactory Neurons, olfactory nucleus, Olfactory system, piriform cortex, Smell, Thalamus

How the Olfactory System Makes You Run Toward Pumpkin Spice Lattes, and Away From Rotting Flesh

By Ayushe Sharma and Brandon Mitchell As you walk down the street towards your favorite coffee shop, you experience countless odors. Trash. Stale fries. Wet dogs. Floral perfumes. Overbearing colognes.… Read More

Big Ideas Consciousness Did You Know?Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders Sensation and Perception

Joshua Cain October 27, 2020February 18, 2021 brain imaging, Consciousness, Deep Brain Stimulation, Thalamus, transcranial electrical stimulation

Focused Ultrasound: A Stimulating New Strategy To Treat Severe Brain Damage

A year into my doctoral training at UCLA, I escape the noisy hustle and bustle of Ronald Reagan Hospital at midday, into a clean and quiet room in the Intensive… Read More

Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders

Joel Frohlich February 15, 2017June 30, 2017 Basal ganglia, Hemiballismus, Nikola, obsessive compulsive disorder, OCD, Prefrontal Cortex, Sam Harris, Tesla, Thalamus

What is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?

Our thoughts are often mysterious to us. You probably don’t know why you suddenly think about a Komodo dragon while sitting in traffic or Citizen Kane while shopping for groceries.… Read More

52 Brain Facts Sleep

knowingneurons July 4, 2016June 30, 2017 52 Brain Facts, Brain, Disease, Fatal Familial Insomnia, FFI, gene, Insomnia, Misfolded, mutation, Neurons, Prion, Protein, Sleep, Thalamus

Myth or Fact? A misfolded protein can cause you to never sleep again.

Myth or Fact? All human senses take the most direct route possible from sensory neurons to the cortex.

52 Brain Facts

knowingneurons December 28, 2015 52 Brain Facts, Cortex, Olfaction, olfactory, Relay, Senses, Smell, Stopover, Thalamus

Myth or Fact? All human senses take the most direct route possible from sensory neurons to the cortex.

Learning and Memory Movement Neuro News

knowingneurons October 7, 2015March 5, 2017 2015, Basal ganglia, Brainstem, Cerebellum, Episodic memory, Kawai, Learning, Memory, Motor cortex, Neuron, Olveczky, Procedural memory, Rat Lesion, Semantic memory, Skill learning, Thalamus

The Departure of Skill Memories from Motor Cortex: Deeper Directions for Neuroscience

You probably have certain skills that I don’t. Each of us, having spent enough time practicing something new, can become an expert. A simple, ubiquitous example is driving a car… Read More

Did You Know?Interviews Sensation and Perception SfN 2014

Kate Fehlhaber October 27, 2014March 5, 2017 Blind, Botond Roska, Circuits, Computational, Cortex, David Hubel, Neural, Neuroscience, Retina, See, Sense, SfN14, Sight, Thalamus, Vision, Visual

Understanding the Visual System: A Conversation with Botond Roska

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Brain Basics Did You Know?Learning and Memory Popular Articles Sensation and Perception

Kate Fehlhaber February 27, 2013March 5, 2017 Adrenalin, Amygdala, Cortex, Fear, Hippocampus, Long Route, Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Sensory, Short Route, Sympathetic Nervous System, Thalamus

The amygdala: a full brain integrator in the face of fear

You are sitting at your computer quietly reading this article when – BOOM! – there is a sharp loud noise behind you! You instinctively stop what you are doing, jump… Read More