What is the thalamus
In this BIOLOGY video we will explain "What is the thalamus".
What is the thalamus. We will explain it in a very schematic way so that it is as clear as possible the; what is the thalamus. The thalamus is one of the perhaps most fascinating regions of the nervous system. Thalamus is found in the diencephalon. This means that it is below the outermost part. The diencephalon It is a region that occupies a central part within what is the brain. It is not in everything that is the trunk (which would be a lower part), but it would be precisely, if we could enter the middle of the brain, it would be the heart of the brain. In addition, the thalamus is the structure with the most volume within the diencephalon. Not surprising since the thalamus it is a structure designed so that we can perceive. Literally perceive. Colors, auditory information, touch... all my senses (with the exception of smell) they will be integrated into the nervous system so that; they are going to pass through the thalamus and they are going to relay in the thalamus. I imagine it as if it were a landing strip of all the senses and from there, fireworks are fired at many regions of the brain. Obviously the thalamus is going to connect with the cortices (seen in a previous video) and we said that the sensory information, when integrated into them allows us to see (and not be blind), hear (and not be deaf). But all this information, I insist,
EXCEPT SMELL, previously passes through the thalamus. Which means that information comes to the thalamus from the brain stem. From the lowest parts. All this part of my neck contains (and going up towards the nape) the brainstem. Well, obviously, all the somatosensory information, or the auditory information or the information visual... they have to be integrated into the trunk and from there they rise to the thalamus and from the thalamus they go to barks. As well as in other regions.If you want to know more about the topic "What is the thalamus", don't miss this video and practice with the exercises that we have on our website.
