• DOI:10.1126/science.271.5248.512
Corpus ID: 43015539

Activation by Attention of the Human Reticular Formation and Thalamic Intralaminar Nuclei

@article{Kinomura1996ActivationBA,
  title={Activation by Attention of the Human Reticular Formation and Thalamic Intralaminar Nuclei},
  author={S. Kinomura and J. Larsson and B. Guly{\'a}s and P. Roland},
  journal={Science},
  year={1996},
  volume={271},
  pages={512 - 515}
}

• S. Kinomura, J. Larsson, +1 author P. Roland
• Published 1996
• Medicine
• Science

It has been known for over 45 years that electrical stimulation of the midbrain reticular formation and of the thalamic intralaminar nuclei of the brain alerts animals. However, lesions of these sectors fail to impair arousal and vigilance in some cases, making the role of the ascending activating reticular system controversial. Here, a positron emission tomographic study showed activation of the midbrain reticular formation and of thalamic intralaminar nuclei when human participants went from… Expand