The Thalamus

Michael M. Halassa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received the Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in the Biomedical Sciences, an award given to immigrants who have made 'lasting contributions to American society through their extraordinary achievements in biomedical research.'

Preface Michael M. Halassa; Part I. History: 1. A brief history of the thalamus Francisco Clasca; Part II. Anatomy: 2. Organization of thalamic inputs Laszlo Acsady; 3. Thalamic output pathways Francisco Clasca; 4. Thalamocortical circuitry matters Murray Sherman; Part III. Evolution: 5. Morphological, developmental and functional evolution of the thalamus Ann Butler; 6. Lamprey thalamus and beyond Shreyas Suryanarayanan, Brita Robertson, Sten Grillner; Part IV. Development: 7. Development of the thalamocortical systems Sara Bandiera, Zoltan Molnar; 8. Ontogeny of thalamic GABAergic neurons Alessio Delogu; Part V. Sensory processing: 9. Thalamocortical interactions in primary visual cortex Jose-Manuel Alonso, Massimo Scanziani; 10. Corticothalamic feedback in vision W. Marty Usrey; 11. The vibrissa sensorimotor system of rodents: A view from the sensory thalamus Martin Deschenes, David Kleinfeld; 12. Corticothalamic pathways in the somatosensory system Alexander Groh, Rebecca Mease; 13. Thalamocortical circuits for auditory processing, plasticity and perception Daniel Polley, Anne Takesian; Part VI. Motor Control: 14. Motor thalamic interactions with brainstem and basal ganglia Jesse Goldberg; 15. Thalamic-cerebellar interactions Freek Hoebeek, Henk-Jan Boele; Part VII. Cognition: 16. The thalamus in cognitive control Kai Hwang, Mark D'Esposito; 17. The thalamus in attention Sabine Kastner, Michael Arcaro; 18. The thalamus in navigation Adrien Peyrache; Part VIII. Arousal: 19. Thalamus and sleep Mattia Aime, Antoine R. Adamantidis; 20. Central thalamic contributions to arousal regulation Nicholas Schiff; Part IX. Computation: 21. A dynamical systems perspective on thalamic circuit function Qinlong Gu, John Murray; 22. Computational contributions of the thalamus to learning and memory Randall O'Reilly, Thomas Hazy.