List of thalamic nuclei

List of thalamic nuclei
Thalamic 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
Thalamic nuclei (right thalamus viewed from above right)
Identifiers
MeSH	D013787
TA98	A14.1.08.602
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

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

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

• anterior nuclear group¹ (anteroventral,² anterodorsal,³ anteromedial⁴)
• medial nuclear group (medial dorsal nucleus,⁵ a.k.a. dorsomedial)
  • parvocellular part⁶ (a.k.a. parvicellular part)
  • magnocellular part⁷
• midline nuclear group⁸ or paramedian
  • paratenial nucleus⁹
  • paraventricular thalamus¹⁰
  • reuniens nucleus¹¹ (a.k.a. medioventral nucleus)
  • rhomboidal nucleus¹²
  • interanteromedial¹³¹⁴
  • intermediodorsal¹³¹⁵
• intralaminar nuclear group¹⁶
  • anterior (rostral) group¹⁷
    • paracentral nucleus¹⁸
    • central lateral nucleus¹⁹
    • central medial nucleus²⁰ (not called "centromedial")
  • posterior (caudal) intralaminar group
    • centromedian nucleus²¹
    • parafascicular nucleus²²
• lateral nuclear group¹³²³ is replaced by
  • posterior region²⁴
    • pulvinar²⁵
      • anterior pulvinar nucleus²⁶
      • lateral pulvinar nucleus²⁷
      • medial pulvinar nucleus²⁸
      • inferior pulvinar nucleus²⁹
    • lateral posterior nucleus³⁰ belongs to pulvinar
    • lateral dorsal nucleus³¹ (a.k.a. dorsal superficial nucleus)
  • ventral nuclear group³²
    • ventral anterior nucleus³³
    • ventral lateral nucleus³⁴
      • ventral medial³⁵ (a.k.a. medial part of ventral lateral nucleus)
      • anterior ventral lateral³⁶
      • posterior ventral lateral³⁷
    • ventral posterior nucleus³⁸ or ventrobasal complex
      • ventral posterolateral nucleus³⁹
        • oral part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus⁴⁰
        • caudal part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus⁴¹
      • ventral posteromedial nucleus⁴²
      • ventral posteroinferior nucleus⁴³ (probably same as ventral intermediate nucleus)
• metathalamus⁴⁴
  • medial geniculate body⁴⁵
  • lateral geniculate body⁴⁶
• thalamic reticular nucleus⁴⁷ part of the ventral thalamus

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