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In contrast with the specificity and orderliness that characterize thalamocortical projections, some systems which arise in relatively few neurons innervate numerous, functionally different thalamic nuclei and cortical areas. This widely divergent pattern of projection is usually interpreted as indicative of a global regulatory or modulatory function. We describe in this section the projections of regulatory systems originating in brain stem, basal forebrain, and hypothalamus and projecting towards thalamic nuclei and cortical areas involved in visual processes.
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Steriade, M., Paré, D., Hu, B., Deschênes, M. (1990). Regulatory Systems of the Brain Stem Core, Basal Forebrain, and Hypothalamus. In: The Visual Thalamocortical System and Its Modulation by the Brain Stem Core. Progress in Sensory Physiology, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74901-8_3
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