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Brain: List of thalamic nuclei
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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

• thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus

[edit] External links

• the "Diencephalon" article at geocities
• Diagram at memphis.edu
• Diagram at anatomy.dal.ca

Diencephalon - edit

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