Thalamus Relay

Question 1

What are the sensory nuclei of the thalamus?

Answer 1

VPL, VPM, MGN, and LGN

Question 2

What is the main input into the VPL?

Answer 2

body: dorsal column-medial lemniscus, anterolateral system

Question 3

What is the main input into the VPM?

Answer 3

face: trigeminal lemniscus, anterior trigeminothalami tract

Question 4

Where do the VPL and VPM project to?

Answer 4

somatosensory cortex

Question 5

What is the main input and output fo the MGN nuclei of the thalamus

Answer 5

auditory input from the inferior colliculus and output to the auditory cortex

Question 6

What is the main input and output fo the LGN nuclei of the thalamus

Answer 6

Input via the optic tract and output to the visual cortex

Question 7

What are the motor nuclei of the thalamus?

Answer 7

VA and VL

Question 8

What is the input to the VA and VL?

Answer 8

basal ganglia and cerebellum (output to the motor cortex)

Question 9

What are the limbic nuclei of the thalamus?

Answer 9

ANT and LD

Question 10

What is the input of the ANT? Output?

Answer 10

ipsilateral mammillary bodies (via mammilothalamic tract) and output to cingulate cortex, prefrontal cortexm abd parietal cortex

Question 11

What is the input of the LD? Output?

Answer 11

input via the entorhinal cortex to the cingulate parietal cortex