Spindles , which only appear when we are asleep , are generated by a brain region called the thalamus .
产生纺锤波的大脑区域叫做丘脑，它只会在我们睡着了的时候出现。
A complex of structures roughly the size of an apricot , the two major sections are the thalamus and hypothalamus .
一个复杂的大约有杏仁大小的结构，两个主要的部分分别是丘脑和下丘脑。
There the message is relayed to other neurons that run to a part of the brain called the thalamus .
这个信息在此被传递给另一些神经细胞，它们负责把信息传递给大脑中的丘脑部分。
Ellenbogen paid particular attention to the patterns generated by the thalamus , a region deep in the brain that processes incoming visual and auditory stimuli .
