Thalamic Nuclei Flashcards by jamie french | Brainscape

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

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Occipital Gyri around Calcurine Fissure

Visual info from retina

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Ventral Posterior Nucleus

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Primary somatosensory cortex

Post-central gyrus

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Medial Geniculate Nucleus

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Primary auditory cortex

Superior temporal gyrus

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Ventral Anterior Nucleus

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Pre-motor cortex

Superior frontal gyrus

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Mediodorsal Nucleus

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Prefrontal cortex

Processing cognitive info

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NT of ventral lateral nucleus

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Glutamate

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NT of reticular nucleus

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GABA

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Ventral Lateral Nucleus

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primary motor cortex

Pre-central gyrus

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Anterior nuclei

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Cingulate cortex

Emotional Processing

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Lateral Posterior Nucleus

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Works w pulvinar

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Pulvinar nuclei

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Perception, language, temporal association

Parietal, occipital and temporal lobes

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Reticular nucleus neurons project to…

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back to thalamic nuclei

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