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Visual System — retina → LGN → V1 → V2-V5
Auditory System
Motor System — M1, Premotor, BG, Cerebellum Coordination
Reward System — VTA / NAcc / DA / RL Neural Basis
Hippocampus and Memory Systems
Sleep / Wake System
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Olfactory System
Vestibular System
Pain System
Gustatory System
Autonomic Nervous System
Interoception
Hypothalamus & Homeostasis
Circadian System
Spinal Cord Systems
Limbic System
Arousal & Neuromodulatory Systems
Cerebellar Learning System
Thalamocortical System
Table of Contents
1. Circuit Skeleton
2. First-order vs Higher-order (Sherman & Guillery)
3. Reticular Nucleus (TRN) — Attention Gate
4. Two Firing Modes
5. PyTorch — Thalamocortical Rhythm (simplified)
6. Rhythm Generation
7. Attentional Gating
8. Consciousness
9. Relation to AI
10. Common Pitfalls
10.1 Thalamus = Passive Relay
10.2 Only Sensory Relay
10.3 Burst = Pathological
10.4 TRN Unimportant
10.5 Rhythm = Byproduct
11. Related Concepts
References