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thalamus (thăl`əməs), mass of nerve cells centrally located in the brain brain, the supervisory center of the nervous system in all vertebrates. It also serves as the site of emotions, memory, self-awareness, and thought.

Anatomy and Function

..... Click the link for more information. just below the cerebrum and resembling a large egg in size and shape. The thalamus is a routing station for all incoming sensory impulses except those of smell, transmitting them to higher (cerebral) nerve centers. In addition, it connects various brain centers with others. Thus the thalamus is a major integrative complex, enabling sensory stimuli to evoke appropriate physical reactions as well as to affect emotions. With the hypothalamus hypothalamus (hī'pəthăl`əməs)
..... Click the link for more information. , the thalamus establishes levels of sleep and wakefulness. It is also vital to the neural feedback system controlling brain wave rhythms.

thalamus [′thal·ə·məs]

(anatomy)

Either one of two masses of gray matter located on the sides of the third ventricle and forming part of the lateral wall of that cavity.

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Anatomy and Function

thalamus
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