Thalamus (IMAGE)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thalamus

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MIT researchers have found that neurons of the anteroventral thalamus (labeled green) play a critical role in spatial working memory. Neurons of the anterodorsal thalamus are labeled in red.

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Dheeraj Roy and Ying Zhang

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