“…19 The thalamus, which plays a central role in cognitive, sensory, and emotional information processing, is involved in several diseases, such as depressive disorder. 20 Brain imaging studies have shown that the fusiform gyrus is involved in language comprehension and facial recognition, 21 and the left lingual gyrus is associated with the relevant visual imagery, 22 while the right lingual gyrus is related to predictive inference generation. 23 Papez circuit is a neural loop including the hippocampus, mammillary bodies, anterior thalamic nuclei, and posterior cingulate region, which is critical for the consolidation of declarative memory.…”