{
  "id": 6622929,
  "title": "Thalamus actively contributes to the development of visual circuits, study reveals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/thalamus-actively-contributes-to-the-development-of-visual-circuits",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-10T18:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-thalamus-contributes-visual-circuits-reveals.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A team led by researcher Guillermina López-Bendito at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has shown that the thalamus's own activity plays a fundamental role in the organization of visual circuits during development.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}