Topic: thalamic burst

Planning, a prospective form of short-term memory, is a cognitive function that has been predominantly attributed to the cortex. Recent experiments, however, have concluded that the thalamus and other subcortical structures participate in this function. A comprehensive computational framework to link neural dynamics and cognition in the context of large-scale subcortical-cortical circuits is lacking. In this computational study, we elucidated the dynamical mechanisms by which the cortex, thalamus and other subcortical structures jointly contribute to planning. Recurrent circuitry in the cort