Medico Plasma on Instagram: "The thalamus functions as the gateway to the cerebral cortex, relaying and integrating nearly all sensory information except olfaction. Ascending pathways—including the spinothalamic tracts, dorsal column–medial lemniscus, and trigeminothalamic pathways—synapse in specific thalamic nuclei before reaching their respective primary cortical areas. Motor signals from the basal ganglia and cerebellum are also processed through the thalamus and relayed to the motor cortex,