Lateral nuclear group

Lateral nuclear group
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
Thalamic nuclei
Identifiers
MeSH	lateral+nuclear+group
NeuroNames	hier-308
NeuroLex ID	Lateral nuclear group
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The lateral nuclear group is a collection of nuclei on the lateral side of the thalamus. According to MeSH, it consists of the following:

lateral dorsal nucleus
lateral posterior nucleus
pulvinar

Anatomy of the diencephalon of the human brain

Surface	Pineal body Habenula Habenular trigone Habenular commissure

Grey matter	Pretectal area Habenular nuclei Subcommissural organ

Surface	Stria medullaris of thalamus Thalamic reticular nucleus Taenia thalami

Grey matter/ nuclei	paired: AN Ventral VA/VL VP/VPM/VPL Lateral LD LP Pulvinar nuclei Metathalamus MG LG midline: MD Intralaminar Centromedian Midline nuclear group Interthalamic adhesion

White matter	Mammillothalamic fasciculus Pallidothalamic tracts Ansa lenticularis Lenticular fasciculus Thalamic fasciculus PCML Medial lemniscus Trigeminal lemniscus Spinothalamic tract Lateral lemniscus Dentatothalamic tract Acoustic radiation Optic radiation Subthalamic fasciculus Anterior trigeminothalamic tract Medullary laminae

Surface

Autonomic zones	Anterior (parasympathetic/heat loss) Posterior (sympathetic/heat conservation)

Endocrine	posterior pituitary: Paraventricular magnocellular parvocellular Supraoptic oxytocin/vasopressin other: Arcuate (dopamine/GHRH) Preoptic (GnRH) Suprachiasmatic (melatonin)

Emotion	Lateral Ventromedial Dorsomedial

afferent
- SN → Medial forebrain bundle
efferent
- Mammillothalamic fasciculus → AN, Stria terminalis → Amygdala, Dorsal longitudinal fasciculus → SC

Posterior is diencephalon, but anterior is glandular

Index of the central nervous system

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