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Guillery, Rainer Walter was born on August 28, 1929 in Greifswald, Germany. Came to the United States, 1964. Son of Hermann and Eva (Hackel) Guillery.
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Exploring the Thalamus and Its Role in Cortical Function
( The thalamus plays a critical role in perceptual proces...)
The thalamus plays a critical role in perceptual processing, but many questions remain about what thalamic activities contribute to sensory and motor functions. In this book, two pioneers in research on the thalamus examine the close two-way relationships between thalamus and cerebral cortex and look at the distinctive functions of the links between the thalamus and the rest of the brain. Countering the dominant "corticocentric" approach to understanding the cerebral cortex -- which does not recognize that all neocortical areas receive important inputs from the thalamus and send outputs to lower motor centers -- S. Murray Sherman and R.W. Guillery argue for a reappraisal of the way we think about the cortex and its interactions with the rest of the brain. The book defines some of the functional categories critical to understanding thalamic functions, including the distinctions between drivers (pathways that carry messages to the cortex) and modulators (which can change the pattern of transmission) and between first-order and higher-order thalamic relays -- the former receiving ascending drivers and the latter receiving cortical drivers. This second edition further develops these distinctions with expanded emphasis throughout the book on the role of the thalamus in cortical function. An important new chapter suggests a structural basis for linking perception and action, supplying supporting evidence for a link often overlooked in current views of perceptual processing.
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Exploring the Thalamus
(The thalamus is a group of cells placed centrally in the ...)
The thalamus is a group of cells placed centrally in the brain that serve a critical role in controlling how both sensory and motor signals are passed from one part of the cerebral cortex to another. Essentially, all information reaching the cerebral cortex and thus consciousness is relayed through the thalamus. The role of the thalamus in controlling the flow of information (such as visual, auditory, and motor) to the cortex has only recently begun to be understood. This book provides an in-depth look at the function of the thalamus and its role as relayer of information to the cerebral cortex. The authors explore how the thalamus controls messages that are passed to the cortex and they introduce the novel suggestion that the thalamus serves a critical role in controlling how messages pass from one part of the cortex to another. Exploring the Thalamus is a comprehensive, up-to-date reference for researchers. It discusses problems concerning the function and structure of the thalamus and concludes each chapter with thought-provoking questions regarding future research. Key Features: * Focuses on thalamocortical interrelationships * Discusses important problems concerning the function and structure of the thalamus * Concludes each chapter with thought-provoking questions requiring future research
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Rainer Walter W. Guillery
Edit Profileuniversity teacher anatomist and neurobiologist
Rainer Walter Guillery, German, British anatomy educator. Achievements include research on central nervous system, synapses, degeneration, developmental visual pathways. Fellow University College London, 1987. Fellow Royal Society; member Society Neurosci., Anatomical Society Great Britain, Ireland (president 1994-1996).
Education
Bachelor of Science in Anatomy, University College, London, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, University College, London, 1954.
Career
He is best known for his discovery that in Siamese cats with certain genotypes of the albino gene, the wiring of the optic chiasm is disrupted, with less of the nerve-crossing than is normal. He began his education as a medical student at University College London (University College London) in 1948. Guillery taught at University College London for 11 years.
In 1964 he went to University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he helped to start the new graduate programme in neuroscience.
In 1977, he moved to the University of Chicago to lead another new graduate neuroscience programme. In 1984, Guillery returned to the United Kingdom as head of the department of Human Anatomy and Doctor Lee"s Professor of Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford, until 1996.
He was then subsequently professor emeritus of anatomy at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and, as of 2010, Honorary Emeritus Research Fellow at the Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit at Oxford. In 1989, Guillery was the founding editor-in-chief of the European Journal of Neuroscience.
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Exploring the Thalamus
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Exploring the Thalamus and Its Role in Cortical Function
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Exploring the Thalamus
Membership
Fellow Royal Society. Member Society Neurosci., Physiological Society, Anatomical Society Great Britain, Ireland (president 1994-1996).
Connections
Married Margot Cunningham Pepper, December 21, 1954, (divorced 2000). Children: Peter, Edward, Philip, Jane.
