Trans-thalamic Pathways: Strong Candidates for Supporting Communication between Functionally Distinct Cortical Areas.

J Neurosci

Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-6), Computational and Systems Neuroscience and Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6), Theoretical Neuroscience and JARA-Institut Brain Structure-Function Relationships (INM-10) 52428.

Published: September 2019

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