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This chapter will concentrate on the dorsal thalamus or simply the thalamus. As can be seen from the terminology associated with the diencephalon, all structures are described by their spatial relationship to the thalamus, being above, below, or behind them. Glutamate is the principal transmitter in the thalamus.
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Jacobson, S., Marcus, E.M. (2011). Diencephalon with Atlas of the Thalamus. In: Neuroanatomy for the Neuroscientist. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9653-4_8
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