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... > Nervous System > Central Nervous System > Brain > Prosencephalon > Diencephalon > Thalamus > Thalamic Nuclei > Posterior Thalamic Nuclei

Preferred term

Posterior Thalamic Nuclei  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Complices, Posterior Nuclear
  • Nuclear Complex, Posterior
  • Nuclear Complices, Posterior
  • Posterior Nuclear Complex
  • Posterior Nuclear Complices
  • Posterior Thalamic Nuclear Group

Scope note

  • A transitional diencephalic zone of the thalamus consisting of complex and varied cells lying caudal to the VENTRAL POSTEROLATERAL NUCLEUS, medial to the rostral part of the PULVINAR, and dorsal to the MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY. It contains the limitans, posterior, suprageniculate, and submedial nuclei.

History note

  • 2000

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020656

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