The locus coeruleus is known to be an essential source of neuromodulation that influences sensory processing, including the enhancement of feature selectivity associated with attentional focus. A new study shows that the primary sensory thalamus encompasses one circuit that underlies this enhancement.
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Zhou, T., Halassa, M.M. LC modulation of sensory feature selectivity. Nat Neurosci 22, 5–6 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-018-0302-2
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