Medial dorsal nucleus

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Brain: Medial dorsal nucleus
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
Latin nucleus mediodorsalis thalami
NeuroNames hier-295
Dorlands/Elsevier n_11/12581843

The medial dorsal nucleus is a a large nucleus in the thalamus.

[edit] External links

  • Yamamoto T, Yoshida K, Yoshikawa H, Kishimoto Y, Oka H (1992). "The medial dorsal nucleus is one of the thalamic relays of the cerebellocerebral responses to the frontal association cortex in the monkey: horseradish peroxidase and fluorescent dye double staining study". Brain Res 579 (2): 315-20. PMID 1378349.