Centers - Diencephalon - thalamus

3 important questions on Centers - Diencephalon - thalamus

What structure of the 3 structures of the diencephalon is described as an bilateral egg-shaped structure that may contain many nuclei?

Thalamus

In the thalamus what impulses coming into the brain are sorted out and edited? When the thalamus sorts and edits information what does this mean?

Afferent impulses from all senses coming from all parts of the body are sorted and edited in the thalamus.
All afferent sensory stimulus is relayed as a group to the appropriate cortex area

Damage to the thalamus results in 3 conditions. 1 syndrome, 1 altered state of conscious and impaired sleep condition. What are these called?

  1. Thalamic Syndrome - body hypersensitivity to pain
  2. permanent coma
  3. insomnia (sleeplessness)

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