Brains II

The thalamus sits in the pivotal area by several criteria. A seldom (if ever?) discussed thing is where does ‘ me ’ live? Problems as you go lower than the cluster of nuclei interacting with the thalamus seem to the individual to be happening TO them.

There’s something interfering with my

ability to [whatever]. Focal problems approaching this part og the brain is “the way I am”. This can go to the extreme as not even acknowledging there is anything amiss. In dystonias it can be extreme agitation to being made “better”.

The thalamus is most dependant on the posterior cerebral artery.