List of thalamic nuclei

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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	Thalamic+nuclei

This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

• 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

• thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus

[edit] External links

• Diagram at University of Memphis
• Diagram at Dalhousie University

v • d • e Brain: diencephalon Epithalamus Pineal body • Habenula (Habenular nuclei) • Stria medullaris • Habenular trigone • Habenular commissure Thalamus/nuclei paired: AN • Ventral (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) • Lateral (Pulvinar) • Metathalamus (MG, LG) midline: MD • Intralaminar (Centromedian) • Midline nuclear group • Interthalamic adhesion • Medullary laminae surface: reticular tracts to thalamus: Mammillothalamic tract • Thalamic fasciculus • Lenticular fasciculus • Ansa lenticularis • Medial lemniscus • Trigeminal lemniscus • Spinothalamic tract • Lateral lemniscus Hypothalamus autonomic zones: Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) • Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation) endocrine - posterior pituitary: magnocellular/Paraventricular/Supraoptic (oxytocin/vasopressin) endocrine - other: parvocellular/Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) • Preoptic (GnRH) • Suprachiasmatic (melatonin) emotion: Lateral (hunger) • Ventromedial (satiety) • Dorsomedial (rage) surface: Median eminence/Tuber cinereum • Mammillary body • Infundibulum tracts: Medial forebrain bundle Pituitary: (Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular) Subthalamus Subthalamic nucleus • Zona incerta