Cognitive Activation by Central Thalamic Stimulation: The Yerkes-Dodson Law Revisited
Central thalamus regulates forebrain arousal, influencing activity in distributed neural networks that give rise to organized actions during alert, wakeful states. Central thalamus has been implicated in working memory by the effects of lesions and microinjected drugs in this part of the brain. Lesi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Dose-Response |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2203/dose-response.10-017.Mair |