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Thalamus Flashcards

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Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus (VPL) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Sensory Ascending somatosensory pathways from body Somatosensory cortex Relays somatosensation of body to cortex

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Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus (VPM) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Sensory Somatosensory pathways from face/ taste Somatosensory cortex Relays somatosensation from face and taste to cortex

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Ventral Lateral Nucleus (VL) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Motor Motor pathways from cerebellum and basal ganglia Motor, premotor and supplementary motor cortex Relays motor information from basal ganglia and cerebellum to cortex

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Ventral Anterior Nucleus (VA) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Motor Motor pathways from cerebellum and basal ganglia Widespread to frontal lobe including motor areas Relays motor information from basal ganglia and cerebellum to cortex

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Pulvinar (P) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Association Sensory pathways from Tectum Parietotemporooccipital association cortex Behavioral orientation to visual stimulus

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Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Sensory Pathways from retina Primary visual cortex Relays visual input to cortex

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Medial Geniculate Nucleus (MGN) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Relay: Sensory Pathways from inferior colliculus Primary auditory cortex Relays auditory information to cortex

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Mediodorsal Nucleus (MD) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Association Pathways from limbic structures Frontal cortex Relay emotional and memory input to cortex

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Anterior Nucleus (AN) Type? Input? Output? Function?

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Association Pathways from limbic structures and hippocampus Cingulate gyrus Relay information within the limbic system

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Nuclei can be categorized into 5 groups. They are:

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i. Lateral nuclear group ii. Medial nuclear group iii. Anterior nuclear group iv. Intralaminar nuclei v. Midline thalamic nuclei

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The medial, lateral and anterior nuclei are separated by a Y shaped white matter structure termed the _____.

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internal medullary lamina

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7 nuclei in the Lateral Nuclear Group are:

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a. Ventral Posterolateral Nucleus (VPL) b. Ventral Posteromedial Nucleus (VPM) c. Ventral Lateral Nucleus (VL) d. Ventral Anterior Nucleus (VA) e. Pulvinar (P) f. Lateral Geniculate Nucleus (LGN) g. Medial Geniculate Nucleus (MGN)

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Nucleus in the Medial Nuclear Group:

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Mediodorsal Nucleus (MD

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Nucleus in the Medial Nuclear Group

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Anterior Nucleus (AN)

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