# Rewriting the brain pathway for consciousness

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**Created:** [November 30, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/rewriting-the-brain-pathway-for-consciousness/1143 "2018-11-30T03:27:24Z")\
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> **[Rewriting the brain pathway for consciousness: Study in patients challenges old...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181128114835.htm)**
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> Overturning decades of neuroanatomy dogma, a new study shows that the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in keeping humans awake and conscious. The findings could lead to new, better targets for treating coma and other...

  
Overturning decades of neuroanatomy dogma, a new study shows that the thalamus is not a critical part of the brain pathway involved in keeping humans awake and conscious. The findings could lead to new, better targets for treating coma and other disorders of consciousness.