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Blocking cortical NMDA receptors leads to a dramatic expansion of thalamic receptive fields. The results help to illuminate the role of corticofugal connections in sensory processing.
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Rauschecker, J. Cortical control of the thalamus: top-down processing and plasticity . Nat Neurosci 1, 179–180 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/625
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