| Another mass of grey matter behind the corpus striatum is the thalamus, which lies in the walls of the third ventricle. |
| The hippocampus has output to the mamillary bodies and onto the anterior nucleus of the thalamus. |
| Especially in these cases, MRI findings with high signal intensity in the thalamus and mammillary bodies can be especially important. |
| By contrast, reduced activation in the mesencephalic brainstem and the thalamus was noted to be exclusively associated with mental relaxation. |
| The equivalent third step within a basin-shaped and acarpous thalamus brings increase of the tissues of the basin as a whole. |
| Parts of the thalamus, and the frontal lobes of the cerebral cortex that are important in controlling mood, also connect to the hypothalamus. |
