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.
1.A. Thalamic Functions: What Is the Thalamus, and What Does It Do? 1.A.1. The Classical View of the Thalamus The thalamus is the major relay to the cerebral cortex. It has been described as the gateway to the cortex. Almost everything we can know about the outside world or about ourselves is based on messages that have had to pass through the thalamus.