Midline structures in the brainstem and thalamus necessary to regulate the level of brain arousal. Small, bilateral lesions in many of these nuclei cause a global loss of consciousness. (From Koch, 2004, The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach. Roberts, Denver, CO.)
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Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Neural correlates of consciousness
I just came across this succinct and informative site in Scholarpedia curated by Christof Koch and Florian Mormann at Cal. Tech. It has some useful instructional graphics.
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Midline structures in the brainstem and thalamus necessary to regulate the level of brain arousal. Small, bilateral lesions in many of these nuclei cause a global loss of consciousness. (From Koch, 2004, The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach. Roberts, Denver, CO.)
Midline structures in the brainstem and thalamus necessary to regulate the level of brain arousal. Small, bilateral lesions in many of these nuclei cause a global loss of consciousness. (From Koch, 2004, The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach. Roberts, Denver, CO.)
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