A new study reveals that the thalamus, long overshadowed by the cortex and hippocampus, plays a crucial role in shaping and ...

They then recorded the activity of neurons in the lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN), the part of the thalamus that relays ...

They also pinpoint a subset of neurons in a thalamic structure involved in this effect. This study is important because it confirms observations of green light-mediated analgesia that were previously ...