Nucleus reuniens

Nucleus reuniens

The nucleus reuniens, in the brain, links the medial prefrontal cortex with the midline thalamus, and regulates the amount of neural traffic with changes in attentiveness.[1]

References

  1. ^ Vertes, Robert P.; Hoover, Walter B.; Szigeti-Buck, Klara; Leranth, Csaba (2007). "Nucleus reuniens of the midline thalamus: Link between the medial prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus". Brain Research Bulletin 71 (6): 601–9. doi:10.1016/j.brainresbull.2006.12.002. PMID 17292803. 



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