title: Thalamic coordination of cortical communication.
abstract: Higher-order thalamic nuclei, like the pulvinar, have extensive connections with cortex, suggesting a role in the coordination of cortical communication. A recent study in Science by Saalmann et al. (2012) implicates the pulvinar in promoting cortical alpha-band synchronization that subserves communication of attended information.
authors.affiliation: Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany. michael.schmid@esi-frankfurt.de
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Wolf
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Singer
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fries