"The electrical activity in the visual thalamus is coupled with the pupil dynamics over timeframes ranging from seconds to ...

A mouse study concludes color-detecting cones in the eye and a subset of neurons in the brain’s thalamus are why green light exposure has an analgesic effect. Mice have neurons that connect to both ...

The visual thalamus is a key brain region that connects the eyes with the cerebral cortex, which is important to our ability for reasoning, emotion, thought, memory, language and consciousness.

Scientists once speculated that most neurons likely received input from only one retina, but recent research has shown that a surprising number of neurons in the visual thalamus connect to both eyes. ...

A team of neuroscientists, led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), ...

Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists led by Professor Maximilian Jösch at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) has identified a ...

The thalamus has an important role in mediating sensory information to cortical areas and is part of the olfactory and visual system. It is also implicated in regulating sleep and wakefulness.

It consists of the eye, retina, fibres that conduct visual information to the thalamus, the superior colliculus and parts of the cerebral cortex.