To minimize dry mouth: 1  Drink water frequently to keep your mouth moist and loosen mucus. Carry water with you to sip throughout the day and keep water by your bed at night. 2  Suck on sugar-free hard candies, ice chips, or sugar-free popsicles. But never chew ice since it can be extremely damaging to your teeth.
It is involved in sensory perception and regulation of motor functions. The thalamus is a limbic system structure and it connects areas of the cerebral cortex that are involved in sensory perception and movement with other parts of the brain and spinal cord that also have a role in sensation and movement.
Along with the hypothalamus, it helps in sleep and wakefullness. 3. Along with the cerebellum & basal ganglia, it helps in maintaining body posture. The thalamus is a by-station from the sensory organs to the cerebral cortex sensory regions. Mapping the Human Brain: Location of the Thalamus The thalamus is an important part of the human brain. 2  It is responsible for sending and receiving signals to and from many different parts of the body back to the brain.