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The parafascicular thalamus steers attention to facilitate learning
Louisa C. Kuper, Liliana M Rohlf, Amy R. Wolff, Benjamin T. Saunders
The paper shows that parafascicular thalamus (PF) neurons encode cue-directed behavior and associative learning, with their activity modulated by reward and extinction.
DOI 10.64898/2026.06.18.733204