A thalamic perspective of (un)consciousness in pharmacological and pathological states in humans.
Brain Communications 2026 Dorottya Szocs, Dian Lyu, Andrea I. Luppi et al.
Currently, there is substantial ongoing discussion around the functional role of the thalamus in consciousness. What is missing in the literature, however, is a systematic investigation of the relevance of specific thalamic nuclei in pharmacologically and pathologically altered states of consciousness in humans. Using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging in both healthy...