Cortical function: a view from the thalamus /edited by V. A. Casagrande, R. W. Guillery, S. M. Sherman. -- Elsevier, 2005. -- (59.59/P964/v.149)

Contents

Contents:

1.       Pain and the Primate thalamus  1

2.       On the impact of attention and motor planning on the lateral geniculate nucleus  11

3.       The vibrissal system as a model of thalamic operations  31

4.       Connexon connexions in the thalamocortical system  41

5.       Neural substrates within primary visual cortex for interactions between parallel visual pathways  59

6.       Bottom-up and top-down dynamics in visual cortex  65

7.       Dynamic properties of thalamic neurons for vision  83

8.       Spike timing and synaptic dynamics at the awake thalamocortical synapse  91

9.       Thalamic relays and cortical functioning  107

10.   Functional cell classes and functional architecture in the early visual  127

11.   Drivers and modulators from push-pull and balanced synaptic input  147

12.   Neural mechanisms underlying target selection with saccadic eye movements  157

13.   Corticocortical and thalamocortical information flow in the primate visual system  173

14.   Corollary discharge and spatial updating: when the brain is split, is space still unified?  187

15.   Drivers from the deep: the contribution of collicular input to thalamocortical processing  207

16.   Interacting competitive selection in attention and binocular rivalry  227

17.   Anatomical pathways that link perception and action  235

18.   The importance of modulatory input for V1 activity and perception  257

19.   Dual routes to action: contributions of the dorsal and ventral streams to adaptive behavior  269

20.   A neurophilosophical slant on consciousness research  285