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Thalamic structure

Known as: Thalamus, Dorsal thalamus (Anthoney), Dorsal thalamus 
An ovoid mass composed predominantly of gray substance and associated laminae of white substance. The thalamus is divided into anterior, medial, and… 
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Limbic SystemStructure of diencephalon

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
The hippocampus shrinks in late adulthood, leading to impaired memory and increased risk for dementia. Hippocampal and medial… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
The Reward Circuit: Linking Primate Anatomy and Human Imaging
Although cells in many brain regions respond to reward, the cortical-basal ganglia circuit is at the heart of the reward system… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Functional neuroimaging of anxiety: a meta-analysis of emotional processing in PTSD, social anxiety disorder, and specific phobia.
OBJECTIVE The study of human anxiety disorders has benefited greatly from functional neuroimaging approaches. Individual studies… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Imaging Cognition II: An Empirical Review of 275 PET and fMRI Studies
Positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have been extensively used to explore the… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The hypocretins: hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity.
We describe a hypothalamus-specific mRNA that encodes preprohypocretin, the putative precursor of a pair of peptides that share… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Neurons Containing Hypocretin (Orexin) Project to Multiple Neuronal Systems
The novel neuropeptides called hypocretins (orexins) have recently been identified as being localized exclusively in cell bodies… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Thalamocortical oscillations in the sleeping and aroused brain.
Sleep is characterized by synchronized events in billions of synaptically coupled neurons in thalamocortical systems. The… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Functional architecture of basal ganglia circuits: neural substrates of parallel processing
Review
1986
Review
1986
Parallel organization of functionally segregated circuits linking basal ganglia and cortex.
Information about the basal ganglia has accumulated at a prodigious pace over the past decade, necessitating major revisions in… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
Brain stem reticular formation and activation of the EEG.
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