List of thalamic nuclei

Brain: List of thalamic nuclei

Thalamic nuclei: MNG = Midline nuclear group AN = Anterior nuclear group MD = Medial dorsal nucleus VNG = Ventral nuclear group VA = Ventral anterior nucleus VL = Ventral lateral nucleus VPL = Ventral posterolateral nucleus VPM = Ventral posteromedial nucleus LNG = Lateral nuclear group PUL = Pulvinar MTh = Metathalamus LG = Lateral geniculate nucleus MG = Medial geniculate nucleus
MeSH	A08.186.211.730.385.826.701

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

This traditional list does not fit in several places with human thalamic anatomy

anterior nuclear group
- anteroventral nucleus
- anterodorsal nucleus
- anteromedial nucleus
- Superficial ("lateral dorsal")
medial nuclear group (or dorsomedial nucleus]]
- parvocellular part
- magnocellular part
midline nuclear group or paramedian
- paratenial nucleus
- parventricular nucleus
- reuniens nucleus
- rhombodoidal nucleus
intralaminar nuclear group
- paracentral nucleus
- central lateral nucleus
- central medial nucleus
centre median parafascicular group
- centromedian nucleus
- parafascicular nucleus
lateral nuclear group in fact a false entity replaced by
Posterior region
- pulvinar
- lateral posterior nucleus belongs to pulvinar
- (lateral dorsal nucleus)belongs to anterior group
ventral nuclear group
- ventral anterior nucleus
- ventral lateral nucleus
- ventral posterior nucleus
  - ventral posterolateral
  - ventral posteromedial
metathalamus no more used for the geniculate group
- medial geniculate body
- lateral geniculate body