optic thalamus
Britishnoun
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They discovered that emotional activity is controlled by a very small section in the optic thalamus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The optic thalamus is a large, somewhat ovoid body situated behind the corpus striatum, and above the crus cerebri.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
Thal′amic, pertaining to the optic thalamus, a part of the brain near the origin of the optic nerve; Thal′ami-flō′ral, having the parts of the flower inserted on the thalamus or receptacle.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
From its broad anterior end two white bands, the peduncles of the pineal body, pass forward, one on the inner side of each optic thalamus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
The optic thalamus is indicated in the engraving, but the corpus striatum, being more exterior and anterior, does not appear.
From Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 Volume 1, Number 4 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)
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