单词	thalamus
释义	thalamus noun thal·​a·​mus ˈtha-lə-məs  plural thalami ˈtha-lə-ˌmī  -ˌmē : the largest subdivision of the diencephalon that consists chiefly of an ovoid mass of nuclei in each lateral wall of the third ventricle and serves chiefly to relay impulses and especially sensory impulses to and from the cerebral cortex see brain illustration thalamic thə-ˈla-mik  adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web For sight, sound, taste, and touch, a stimulus travels from the sensory organ to the brain’s more evolutionarily recent thalamus, which handles complex processing skills. Wired, 2 Aug. 2022 The thalamus relays sensory and motor signals and regulates consciousness and alertness. Ebony Williams, ajc, 14 Apr. 2022 The thalamus, often described as the relay station of the brain, is responsible for passing along sensory information and motor signals to the cerebral cortex. Lauren Kent, CNN, 28 Mar. 2022 And their before-and-after design caught an apparently random difference (those who would go on to become infected tended to have a smaller thalamus in the before scan, for no obvious reason). John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Mar. 2022 While this inflammatory response does diminish over time in the body’s organs, these transcriptional changes persist much longer in the olfactory bulbs, striatum, thalamus and cerebellum. Robin Lloyd, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2022 This suggests that higher levels of C1q in the thalamus could contribute to several long-term effects of traumatic brain injury, such as sleep disruption and epilepsy. Jeanne Paz, The Conversation, 14 Dec. 2021 The thalamus sends fibers to the area of the cortex where sounds are processed. Mo Costandi, Scientific American, 29 June 2017 Miller and Brown suspected that the thalamus would be especially important for reinstating the rich chaos of being awake. Max G. Levy, Wired, 11 May 2021 See More Word History Etymology New Latin, from Greek thalamos chamber First Known Use 1859, in the meaning defined above Medical Definition thalamus noun thal·​a·​mus ˈthal-ə-məs  plural thalami -ˌmī  -ˌmē  : the largest subdivision of the diencephalon that consists chiefly of an ovoid mass of nuclei in each lateral wall of the third ventricle and serves to relay impulses and especially sensory impulses to and from the cerebral cortex
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