Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus - Physiopathology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Schizophrenia; from structure to function with special focus on the mediodorsal thalamic prefrontal loop.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe structural and biochemical evidence from postmortem brains that implicates the reciprocal connections between the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus and the prefrontal cortex in cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia. METHOD: The ... Read more...

Meta-analysis of 41 functional neuroimaging studies of executive function in schizophrenia.

30 Jul 2009 CONTEXT: Prefrontal cortical dysfunction is frequently reported in schizophrenia. It remains unclear whether this represents the coincidence of several prefrontal region- and process-specific impairments or a more unitary dysfunction in a ... Read more...

Mediodorsal thalamic lesions block the stress-induced inversion of serial memory retrieval pattern in mice.

19 May 2009 This study examines the effects of ibotenic acid lesions of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MD) on serial contextual memory retrieval in non-stress and stress conditions. Independent groups of mice learned two successive contextual serial ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Schizophrenia; from structure to function with special focus on the mediodorsal thalamic prefrontal loop. 30 Oct 2009
• Meta-analysis of 41 functional neuroimaging studies of executive function in schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2009
• Mediodorsal thalamic lesions block the stress-induced inversion of serial memory retrieval pattern in mice. 19 May 2009
• Cerebellar nuclei are involved in impulsive behaviour. 16 May 2009
• Resting state corticolimbic connectivity abnormalities in unmedicated bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. 18 Feb 2009
• Neurotoxic lesions of the thalamic reuniens or mediodorsal nucleus in rats affect non-mnemonic aspects of watermaze learning. 7 Jan 2009
• Nature against nurture: calcification in the right thalamus in a young man with anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. 29 Sep 2008
• Changes in midline thalamic recruiting responses in the prefrontal cortex of the rat during the development of chronic limbic seizures. 15 Sep 2008
• Dissociable roles for cortical and subcortical structures in memory retrieval and acquisition. 18 Aug 2008
• Experimental petit mal-like seizure induced by microinjection of kainic acid into the unilateral mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus. 29 Jun 2008
• Preferential involvement of the basolateral limbic circuit in an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patient. 29 Nov 2007
• Multiple roles of midline dorsal thalamic nuclei in induction and spread of limbic seizures. 17 Nov 2007
• Neurotoxic lesions of the medial mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus disrupt reinforcer devaluation effects in rhesus monkeys. 15 Oct 2007
• Diaschisis after thalamic stroke: a comparison of metabolic and structural changes in a patient with amnesic syndrome. 30 Dec 2006
• Abnormalities of thalamic activation and cognition in schizophrenia. 27 Feb 2006
• Fatal familial insomnia. 29 Sep 2005
• The syndrome of combined polar and paramedian thalamic infarction. 30 Jul 2005
• The role of the human thalamus in processing corollary discharge. 7 Mar 2005
• Absence of memory dysfunction after bilateral mammillary body and mammillothalamic tract electrode implantation: preliminary experience in three patients. 30 Dec 2004
• Differential modulation of nociceptive neural responses in medial and lateral pain pathways by peripheral electrical stimulation: a multichannel recording study. 14 Jul 2004

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Technical information about 'Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus'

Definition: The largest of the medial nuclei of the thalamus. It makes extensive connections with most of the other thalamic nuclei.

Descriptor UI: D020645

Alternative terms: Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus; Nucleus, Mediodorsal Thalamic; Thalamic Nucleus, Mediodorsal; Mediodorsal Nucleus; Nucleus, Mediodorsal; Medial Dorsal Nucleus; Nucleus, Medial Dorsal; Dorsomedial Nucleus; Nucleus, Dorsomedial; Dorsal Medial Nucleus; Nucleus, Dorsal Medial; Dorsomedial Thalamic Nucleus; Nucleus, Dorsomedial Thalamic; Thalamic Nucleus, Dorsomedial;

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Tree Number: A08.186.211.730.317.826.701.490;

History Note: 2000