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thalamus

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | © A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

thalamus In a vertebrate, part of the forebrain, lying above the hypothalamus, that is concerned with the transmission of sensory information to the cerebrum.

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