Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus
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Monday, November 23, 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...

Functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex under eyes closed and eyes open conditions: a resting-state fMRI study.

30 Aug 2009 The thalamus and visual cortex are two key components associated with the alpha power of electroencephalography. However, their functional relationship remains to be elucidated. Here, we employ resting-state functional MRI to investigate the ... Read more...

Connections of the marmoset rostrotemporal auditory area: express pathways for analysis of affective content in hearing.

Aug 2009 The current hierarchical model of primate auditory cortical processing proposes a core of 'primary-like' areas, which is surrounded by secondary (belt) and tertiary (parabelt) regions. The rostrotemporal auditory cortical area (RT) remains the least ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus'

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
• Functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex under eyes closed and eyes open conditions: a resting-state fMRI study. 30 Aug 2009
• Connections of the marmoset rostrotemporal auditory area: express pathways for analysis of affective content in hearing. Aug 2009
• Selective reduction of neuron number and volume of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in macaques following irradiation at early gestational ages. 30 Jul 2009
• Meta-analysis of 41 functional neuroimaging studies of executive function in schizophrenia. 30 Jul 2009
• Nicotinic antagonist effects in the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus: regional heterogeneity of nicotinic receptor involvement in cognitive function. 25 May 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
• Thalamic damage in periventricular leukomalacia: novel pathologic observations relevant to cognitive deficits in survivors of prematurity. 29 Apr 2009
• Laminar and modular organization of prefrontal projections to multiple thalamic nuclei. 15 Apr 2009
• Effects of zotepine on extracellular levels of monoamine, GABA and glutamate in rat prefrontal cortex. 7 Apr 2009
• Resting state corticolimbic connectivity abnormalities in unmedicated bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. 18 Feb 2009
• Microvessel length density, total length, and length per neuron in five subcortical regions in schizophrenia. 4 Feb 2009
• Fiber tracking of white matter integrity connecting the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus and the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: a diffusion tensor imaging study. 2 Feb 2009
• Neurotoxic lesions of the thalamic reuniens or mediodorsal nucleus in rats affect non-mnemonic aspects of watermaze learning. 7 Jan 2009
• The mediodorsal thalamic nucleus and schizophrenia. 30 Oct 2008
• Altered pharmacology and GABA-A receptor subunit expression in dorsal midline thalamic neurons in limbic epilepsy. 15 Oct 2008
• Morphology and synaptic organization of non-dopaminergic nigral projections to the medio dorsal thalamic nucleus of the rat, a study by anterograde transport of PHA-L. 29 Sep 2008
• 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

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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;

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