Basal Ganglia, Subcortical Anatomy

Question 1

Ventral anterior, Ventral lateral (VA/VL)

Answer 1

inputs from basal ganglia and cerebellum and outputs to motor cortical areas

Question 2

VPL

Answer 2

inputs from dorsal column-medial lemniscal and spinothalamic systems; outputs to somatosensory cortex

Question 3

VPM

Answer 3

inputs from trigeminal system (face); outputs to somatosensory cortex

Question 4

Medial geniculate (MGN)

Answer 4

inputs from inferior colliculus carrying auditory information to Auditory cortex

Question 5

Lateral geniculate (LGN)

Answer 5

visual inputs from the optic tract; outputs

Question 6

Posterior Cerebral Artery

Answer 6

thalamus and subthalamic nucleus; supplies parts of the midbrain (including substantia nigra)

Question 7

Lenticulostriate (LsA) branches of the MCA

Answer 7

putamen
globus pallidus
genu and posterior limb of internal capsule
body of the caudate

Question 8

anterior and medial striatal (MSA) branches of ACA

Answer 8

head of the caudate

anterior limb of internal capsule