Thalamus

"Thalamus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Paired bodies containing mostly GRAY MATTER and forming part of the lateral wall of the THIRD VENTRICLE of the brain.

Descriptor ID	D013788
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.317.826
Concept/Terms	Thalamus Thalamus Thalamencephalon Thalamencephalons

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Diencephalon [A08.186.211.730.317]
Thalamus [A08.186.211.730.317.826]

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Thalamus
Thalamic Nuclei

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Bar chart showing 52 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2020 and 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2000	1	1	2
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	1	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	2	2
2011	0	2	2
2012	2	1	3
2014	0	2	2
2016	1	1	2
2017	3	1	4
2018	1	2	3
2019	3	0	3
2020	5	1	6
2021	1	0	1
2022	0	3	3
2024	4	2	6
2025	5	0	5

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Ortiz-Teran E, Ortiz-Teran L, Perez DL, Ortiz T, Diez I. Long-term visual-to-tactile stimulation induces functional reorganization of thalamic pathways to achieve visual perception. Neuroimage. 2026 Jan; 325:121652.

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Gaudiano G, Cheyuo C, Braccia A, Golfr? Andreasi N, Levi V, Lozano AM, Fasano A, Cilia R, Eleopra R. Age-matched comparison of focused ultrasound thalamotomy for tremor in Parkinson's disease and essential tremor: A two-center retrospective study. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2025 Dec; 141:108097.

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Daci R, Shazeeb MS, Owusu-Adjei B, K?hn A, King R, Parzych J, Spanakis SG, Moser RP, Flotte TR, Cataltepe OI. Robot-assisted intrathalamic infusion for gene therapy in young children: surgical considerations. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2025 Nov 01; 36(5):609-620.

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Carmona LM, Nelson A, Tun LT, Kim A, Shiao R, Kissner MD, Menon V, Costa RM. Corticothalamic neurons in motor cortex have a permissive role in motor execution. Nat Commun. 2025 May 21; 16(1):4735.

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Sarica C, Yamamoto K, Iorio-Morin C, Germann J, Yang AZ, Santyr B, Colditz M, Vetkas A, Fomenko A, Davidson B, Schmidt F, Grippe T, Samuel N, Zemmar A, Flouty O, Cheyuo C, Darmani G, Chen R, Boutet A, Neudorfer C, Hodaie M, Kalia SK, Munhoz RP, Fasano A, Lozano AM. Bilateral Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy for Essential Tremor: Clinical Outcomes Compared to Bilateral Deep Brain Stimulation and Probabilistic Lesion Mapping. Mov Disord. 2025 Jul; 40(7):1265-1278.

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Pfefferbaum A, Zahr NM, Sassoon SA, Fama R, Saranathan M, Pohl KM, Sullivan EV. Aging, HIV infection, and alcohol exert synergist effects on regional thalamic volumes resulting in functional impairment. Neuroimage Clin. 2024; 44:103684.

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Fama R, Sassoon SA, M?ller-Oehring EM, Saranathan M, Pohl KM, Zahr NM, Pfefferbaum A, Sullivan EV. Anterior and posterior thalamic volumes differentially correlate with memory, attention, and motor processes in HIV infection and alcohol use disorder comorbidity. Brain Res Bull. 2024 10 15; 217:111085.

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Cheyuo C, Germann J, Yamamoto K, Zibly Z, Krishna V, Sarica C, Borges YFF, Vetkas A, Kalia SK, Hodaie M, Fasano A, Schwartz ML, Elias WJ, Lozano AM. Probabilistic Refinement of Focused Ultrasound Thalamotomy Targeting for Parkinson's Disease Tremor. Mov Disord. 2024 Nov; 39(11):2004-2013.

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Nabit BP, Taylor A, Winder DG. Thalamocortical mGlu8 Modulates Dorsal Thalamus Excitatory Transmission and Sensorimotor Activity. J Neurosci. 2024 07 31; 44(31).

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Li H, Liu M, Zhang J, Liu S, Fang Z, Pan M, Sui X, Rang W, Xiao H, Jiang Y, Zheng Y, Ge X. The effect of preterm birth on thalamic development based on shape and structural covariance analysis. Neuroimage. 2024 Aug 15; 297:120708.

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