Building the gateway to consciousness - about the development of the thalamus

• Main Author: Steffen Scholpp (auth)
• Other Authors: Tomomi Shimogori (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; thalamic neurogenesis; Neurons; Thalamus; neural plate patterning; neural progenitor cells
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Since years, patterning and function of some brain parts such as the cortex in the forebrain and the optical tectum or cerebellum in the midbrain/hindbrain region are under strong investigation. Interestingly the diencephalon located in the caudal forebrain has been ignored for decades. Consequently...