What brain structure is frequently referred to as the "switchboard" that routes neural activity to other areas?

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Dec 6, 2017

The thalamus

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The thalamus acts as a central processing station relaying much sensory information from the body to different areas of the cerebral cortex. The thalamus is divided up into several different nuclei that each receives specific types of predominately sensory information from the body and then relays this information to various cortical regions.

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