Talk:Thalamus/Archives/2016/March

What the hell does all this mean?

I came into this article with a fairly simple question: "What is the function of the thalamus section of the brain?". Reading the "summary" I am greeted by text of the following kind:

"It constitutes the main part of the diencephalon. In the caudal (tail) to oral (mouth) sequence of neuromeres, the diencephalon is located between the mesencephalon (cerebral peduncule, belonging to the brain stem) and the telencephalon. The diencephalon includes also the dorsally located epithalamus (essentially the habenula and annexes) and the perithalamus (prethalamus formerly described as ventral thalamus) containing the zona incerta and the "reticulate nucleus" (not the reticular term of confusion)."

Err... what?

I'm pretty sure that makes perfect sense to someone who knows a lot about brains. Thing is, most of the people looking at an article like this, don't.

I propose most of the present summary is moved into a section titled "the location of the human thalamus", and is replaced by an actual summary of its function. I mostly wanted confirmation that it was the center that controlled the levels of various chemicals in the brain, like serotonin or endorphin or such. I am of the impression that if it takes more than 30 seconds to verify this sort of notion, it's a poorly structured article. Apocryphite 02:13, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Grinnnnn--- Well Apocryphite, I can see what you mean. On the other hand: being a physiologist nor neurologist, I often am grateful items like these are this extensive. When I am studying I often need bitssss more background information than a simple sentence like: Thalamus, yes- it exists, and it's a thing somewhere in our brains.... ;)

I often wonder with these subjects: could there be a 'simple' explanation of the item that fits people that just want to know. And could there a specialized part for those that want or need know more and want to go into depths?

I am Dutch. The information one gets on the Dutch Wiki is often incredibly poor, way to less and unspecified to even convince you a thing called Thalamus really exists.

So from me to everyone involved these kind of subjects: a thank you! to all that write these fantastic detailed articles here and elsewhere. And a thank you! too to the people that bother to write 'simple everyday explanations'! Cheerio! --Allardo (talk) 15:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)