Engagement of Pulvino-cortical Feedforward and Feedback Pathways in Cognitive Computations

• Published in: Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 321 - 336.e9
• Main Authors: Jaramillo, Jorge, Mejias, Jorge F., Wang, Xiao-Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 16.01.2019; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: attention; Attention - physiology; attractor dynamics; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Cognition & reasoning; Cognition - physiology; Cognitive ability; Computational neuroscience; Computer Simulation; confidence; Cortex; Decision making; Decision Making - physiology; Feedback; Feedback, Physiological; Frequency dependence; hierarchy; Humans; Memory; Memory, Short-Term - physiology; Mental disorders; Models, Neurological; Neural Pathways - physiology; oscillations; Pulvinar; Pulvinar - physiology; Short term memory; Thalamic reticular nucleus; Thalamus; working memory; cortex; attractor dynamics; working memory; confidence; hierarchy; decision making; thalamic reticular nucleus; attention; pulvinar; oscillations

Computational modeling of brain mechanisms of cognition has largely focused on the cortex, but recent experiments have shown that higher-order nuclei of the thalamus participate in major cognitive functions and are implicated in psychiatric disorders. Here, we show that a pulvino-cortical circuit mo...