The thalamus engages in various functions including sensory processing, attention, decision
making and memory. Classically, this diversity of function has been attributed to the nuclear …

Sensorineural hearing loss induced by noise or ototoxic drug exposure reduces the neural
activity transmitted from the cochlea to the central auditory system. Despite a reduced …

The previous editions of The Rat Nervous System were indispensable guides for those
working on the rat and mouse as experimental models. The fourth edition enhances this …

The thalamus is a group of cells placed centrally in the brain that serve a critical role in
controlling how both sensory and motor signals are passed from one part of the cerebral …

Our current understanding of thalamocortical (TC) circuits is largely based on studies
investigating so‐called 'specific'thalamic nuclei, which receive and transmit sensory …

Key points Medial geniculate body (MGB) single units recorded from sound‐exposed
animals with behavioural evidence of tinnitus exhibits enhanced spontaneous firing and …

The advent of transgenic mice has made the developing retinogeniculate pathway a model
system for targeting potential mechanisms that underlie the refinement of sensory …

To facilitate an understanding of auditory thalamocortical mechanisms, we have developed
a mouse brain-slice preparation with a functional connection between the ventral division of …

Sequencing of the rat genome has allowed a better understanding of the rat physiology and
biology, in turn promising to translate into a better understanding of human biology and …

The auditory thalamus, or medial geniculate body (MGB), is the primary sensory input to
auditory cortex. Therefore, it plays a critical role in the complex auditory processing …