Role of the Pulvinar in Visual Processing

Dear Colleagues,

There is more and more evidence that the main visual extrageniculate thalamus nucleus, the pulvinar, plays a multifaceted role in vision and that disrupted functional circuits between pulvinar and cortex contribute to the pathophysiological mechanisms of psychiatric disorders. In this Special Issue on “Role of the Pulvinar in Visual Processing”, we will cover major advances in pulvinar research over the past five years, with a mixture of original and review articles. The subjects may include the following:

• Evolution of the pulvinar
• Anatomical and functional organization of the pulvinar
• The transthalamic cortical pathways
• The drivers/modulators concept: is pulvinar driving or modulating the visual cortex?
• Visual properties of pulvinar neurons
• Visual maps in the pulvinar
• Pulvinar and visual attention
• Functional relationships between pulvinar and cortical areas
• Top-down and bottom-up processes involving pulvinar
• Pulvinar and emotions: subcortical fear pathways
• Residual vision: involvement of pulvinar
• What thalamic lesions can tell us about the human pulvinar?
• Schizophrenia: the pulvinar hypothesis
• Pulvinar and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorders
• Imaging the pulvinar in humans and animal models
• Modeling cortico-pulvinar neuronal interactions

If you are considering a review article, please send us a brief proposal before a full submission.

Dr. Christian Casanova
Guest Editor

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