The Puzzling Pulvinar

Overview

Journal Neuron

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Neurology

Date 2019 Jan 18

PMID 30653933

Citations 11

Authors

Ian C Fiebelkorn

Sabine Kastner

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Abstract

The functional role of the pulvinar, with its widespread cortical connectivity, has remained elusive. In this issue of Neuron, Jaramillo et al. (2019) provide a computational roadmap for how the pulvinar might influence various cognitive behaviors across multiple large-scale networks.

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