Consciousness without a cerebral cortex: A challenge for neuroscience and medicine

B Merker - Behavioral and brain sciences, 2007 - cambridge.org
A broad range of evidence regarding the functional organization of the vertebrate brain–
spanning from comparative neurology to experimental psychology and neurophysiology to …

The mammalian superior colliculus: laminar structure and connections

PJ May - Progress in brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
The superior colliculus is a laminated midbrain structure that acts as one of the centers
organizing gaze movements. This review will concentrate on sensory and motor inputs to the …

Processing of visually evoked innate fear by a non-canonical thalamic pathway

P Wei, N Liu, Z Zhang, X Liu, Y Tang, X He… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The ability of animals to respond to life-threatening stimuli is essential for survival. Although
vision provides one of the major sensory inputs for detecting threats across animal species …

[图书][B] The ancient origins of consciousness: How the brain created experience

TE Feinberg, J Mallatt - 2016 - books.google.com
How consciousness appeared much earlier in evolutionary history than is commonly
assumed, and why all vertebrates and perhaps even some invertebrates are conscious …

Immunohistochemical distribution of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in the rat central nervous system

K Tsou, S Brown, MC Sanudo-Pena, K Mackie… - Neuroscience, 1998 - Elsevier
Immunohistochemical distribution of cannabinoid receptors in the adult rat brain was studied
using specific purified antibodies against the amino-terminus of the CB1 receptor. Our …

The role of the basal ganglia in nociception and pain

EH Chudler, WK Dong - Pain, 1995 - journals.lww.com
The involvement of the basal ganglia in motor functions has been well studied. Recent
neurophysiological, clinical and behavioral experiments indicate that the basal ganglia also …

[图书][B] Attention and orienting: Sensory and motivational processes

PJ Lang, RF Simons, M Balaban, R Simons - 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Orienting is the gateway to attention, the first step in processing stimulus information. This
volume examines these initial stages of information intake, focusing on the sensory and …

Neural mechanisms for synthesizing sensory information and producing adaptive behaviors

BE Stein - Experimental Brain Research, 1998 - Springer
The ability to integrate information from different sensory systems is a fundamental
characteristic of the brain. Because different bits of information are derived from different …

The evolutionary and genetic origins of consciousness in the Cambrian Period over 500 million years ago

TE Feinberg, J Mallatt - Frontiers in psychology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Vertebrates evolved in the Cambrian Period before 520 million years ago, but we do not
know when or how consciousness arose in the history of the vertebrate brain. Here we …

Spatial and temporal aspects of spinal cord and brainstem activation in the formalin pain model

CA Porro, M Cavazzuti - Progress in neurobiology, 1993 - Elsevier
Noxious stimuli are thought to modify the activity of several populations of central nervous
system (CNS) cells, which underlie the sensory-discriminative and motivational-affective …