# Paper: Thalamus Modulates Consciousness via Layer-Specific Control of Cortex

**URL:** <https://discourse.numenta.org/t/paper-thalamus-modulates-consciousness-via-layer-specific-control-of-cortex/7193>\
**Category:** General Neuroscience\
**Tags:** community, papers, thalamus\
**Created:** [February 15, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/paper-thalamus-modulates-consciousness-via-layer-specific-control-of-cortex/7193 "2020-02-15T18:25:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://discourse.numenta.org/t/paper-thalamus-modulates-consciousness-via-layer-specific-control-of-cortex/7193/1 "2020-02-15T18:25:15Z")

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Hi, I stumbled across this interesting paper, I have read/heard various bits of talk in the HTM community about the thalamus having some less well understood function, so just posting this in case anyone is interested…

[https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(20)30005-2](https://www.cell.com/neuron/fulltext/S0896-6273(20)30005-2)