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List of thalamic nuclei

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NameList of thalamic nuclei
ImageThalamicNuclei.svg
CaptionThalamic nuclei: (left thalamus, left view)
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
Image2Thalmus.png
Caption2Thalamic nuclei
(right thalamus viewed from above right)

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 (right thalamus viewed from above right) This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

  • anterior nuclear group (anteroventral, anterodorsal, anteromedial)
  • medial nuclear group (medial dorsal nucleus, dorsomedial)
    • parvocellular part ( parvicellular part)
    • magnocellular part
  • midline nuclear group or paramedian
    • paratenial nucleus
    • paraventricular thalamus
    • reuniens nucleus ( medioventral nucleus)
    • rhomboidal nucleus
    • interanteromedial
    • intermediodorsal
  • intralaminar nuclear group
    • anterior (rostral) group
      • paracentral nucleus
      • central lateral nucleus
      • central medial nucleus (not called "centromedial")
    • posterior (caudal) intralaminar group
      • centromedian nucleus
      • parafascicular nucleus
  • lateral nuclear group is replaced by
    • posterior region
      • pulvinar
        • anterior pulvinar nucleus
        • lateral pulvinar nucleus
        • medial pulvinar nucleus
        • inferior pulvinar nucleus
      • lateral posterior nucleus belongs to pulvinar
      • lateral dorsal nucleus ( dorsal superficial nucleus)
    • ventral nuclear group
      • ventral anterior nucleus
      • ventral lateral nucleus
        • ventral medial ( medial part of ventral lateral nucleus)
        • anterior ventral lateral
        • posterior ventral lateral
      • ventral posterior nucleus or ventrobasal complex
        • ventral posterolateral nucleus
          • oral part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus
          • caudal part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus
        • ventral posteromedial nucleus
        • ventral posteroinferior nucleus (probably same as ventral intermediate nucleus)
  • metathalamus
    • medial geniculate body
    • lateral geniculate body
  • thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus

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