Thalamic Intralaminar Nuclei in Visual Awareness
<p>Jul 13, 2009 11:47 AM
 
ILN of the thalamus.
 
the ILN neurons promote the formation of an <b>“event-holding” function in the cortex</b>
 
In the<b> prefrontal cortex, this function facilitates the storage of target location in working memory</b>. In the frontal eye fields, the function <b>produces sustained activation</b> that anticipates the onset of intended eye movements. In the posterior parietal cortex, the sustained activation can be boosted at the start of the intersaccadic interval and can operate as an attentional gate regulating the flow of information back to the prefrontal cortex.
 
The ILN may help to synchronize the eye movement commands of the frontal eye fields with the episodic dynamics of the attentional gate and working memory.</p>