I also have a dim recollection of a man who had a miniature fencing foil go up his nose, pop through the cranium and slide into and wreck his thalamus -- and the result was a memory deficit.
Google's ability to go way back leads me to this: <http://www.bcm.edu/neurol/challeng/pat44/summary.html> The moral of the story is, of course, don't put anything up your nose. Cheers. m ------- "Whatever power the United States Constitution envisions for the Executive in its exchanges with other nations or with enemy organizations in times of conflict, it most assuredly envisions a role for all three branches when individual liberties are at stake." --- July 20,2006 US District Court for Northern California > -----Original Message----- > From: David Epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:27 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Re: student question about thalamus > > On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Joan Warmbold went: > > > Related to the thalamus, I discuss with my students the common > > consequences if certain nerve centers are damaged. However, when > > asked what the consequences are for a person who has sever > damage to > > their thalamus, I have no clear answer. > > And you shouldn't. :) The different parts of the thalamus > have so many diferent functions (including arousal and > movement) that it's almost misleading to refer to it as a > single entity. > > However, if you want one vivid example of what severe damage > to the thalamus can look like--remember Karen Ann Quinlan? > > <http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/abstract/330/21/1469> > Neuropathological Findings in the Brain of Karen Ann Quinlan > -- The Role of the Thalamus in the Persistent Vegetative > State New England Journal of Medicine 330:1469-1475, 1994. > > --David Epstein > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mo > de=0&lang=english > > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
