title: A Subcortical Pathway for Rapid, Goal-Driven, Attentional Filtering.
abstract: Prefrontal cortex can exercise goal-driven attentional control over sensory information via cortical pathways. However, recent work demonstrates that prefrontal cortex can also influence thalamic relay nuclei via the thalamic reticular nucleus. This suggests the prefrontal-thalamic pathway mediates rapid and goal-driven attentional filtering at the earliest stages of sensory processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: Niranjan A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kambi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: saalmann@wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Yuri B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Saalmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: attention; feedback; inhibition; prefrontal cortex; thalamic reticular nucleus; thalamus