A collection of nuclei in the forebrain that receives input from all the senses (except olfaction), as well as from various parts of the motor and motivational systems, and relays it to the cerebral cortex. The thalamus also has reciprocal connections with the cerebral cortex.
See Cerebral cortex (or pallium), Cell migration, Extrapyramidal system, Lateral geniculate nucleus (or body), Limbic system, Mesencephalic reticular activating system, Neurogenesis, Orbitofrontal cortex, Parkinson’s disease, Periventricular hemorrhagic infarction (PHI), Pineal gland, Pons, Primary visual cortex (V1), Pulvinar, Superior colliculus