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Thalamic nuclei
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Graduate
09/13/2009

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Term
Ventral Anterior (VA)
Definition
Input: Globus Pallidus
Output: premotor cortex
motor
Term
Vetnral Lateralis (VL)
Definition
Input: Cerebellum
Output: M1 and premotor cortex
motor
Term
Ventralis posterolateralis (VPL)
Definition
Input: Dorsal column and spinothalamic tracts
Output: S1
sensory
Term
Ventralis posteromedialis (VPM)
Definition
Input: Trigeminal system
Output: S1
sensory
Term
LGN
Definition
input: optic tract
output: V1
sensory
Term
MGN
Definition
Input: inf colliculus
Output: A1
sensory
Term
Anterior Nuclear Group (ANG)
Definition
Input: mamillary body
Output: Cingulate gyrus
limbic
Term
Pulvinar (PU)
Definition
Input and output: all areas of cortex
sensory association
Term
medial dorsal nucleus (MD)
Definition
input: amygdala, olfactory tract, hypothalamus
output: prefrontal cortex
limbic association
Term
Intralaminar group:
Centromedian (CM) and Parafasicular (PF)
Definition
input: reticular formation, spinothalamic tract, cortex
output: basal ganglia, cortex
nonspecific
Term
reticular nucleus
Definition
input: cortex, other thalamic nuclei, reticular formation
output: thalamic nuclei
nonspecific
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