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CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION
Volume 20, Issue 2, Pages 464-486Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.01.007
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Consciousness; Awareness; Thalamus; Dynamic core; Neural synchrony; Cortico-thalamic; Thalamo-cortical; NCC
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I propose that primary conscious awareness arises from synchronized activity in dendrites of neurons in dorsal thalamic nuclei, mediated particularly by inhibitory interactions with thalamic reticular neurons. In support, I offer four evidential pillars: (1) consciousness is restricted to the results of cortical computations; (2) thalamus is the common locus of action of brain injury in vegetative state and of general anesthetics; (3) the anatomy and physiology of the thalamus imply a central role in consciousness: (4) neural synchronization is a neural correlate of consciousness. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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