I am Thalamus according Scholapedia, am a small part of the brain located between in the middle and the center of the brain and I’m connected to the cerebral cortex and the midbrain thru nerves. I have many functions, but my main function is to regulate the voluntary motor control, the consciousness whether a person is asleep or awake (the sleep cycle), sight, sound, taste, and touch. I’m composed of 3 different groups of cells; the sensory relay cell or nuclei which receive sensation or information and send the information to the specific area of the cerebral cortex. The association nuclei receive information and send it to the cerebral cortex to be associated with where the activity is happening in the cerebral cortex. The non-specific nuclei
