List of thalamic nuclei

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| Name = List of thalamic nuclei

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| Image = ThalamicNuclei.svg

| Caption = Thalamic nuclei: (left thalamus, left view)
MNG = Midline nuclear group
AN = Anterior nuclear group
MD = Medial dorsal nucleus
VNG = Ventral nuclear group
VA = Ventral anterior nucleus
VL = Ventral lateral nucleus
VPL = Ventral posterolateral nucleus
VPM = Ventral posteromedial nucleus
LNG = Lateral nuclear group
PUL = Pulvinar
MTh = Metathalamus
LG = Lateral geniculate nucleus
MG = Medial geniculate nucleus

| Image2 = Thalmus.png

| Caption2 = Thalamic nuclei
(right thalamus viewed from above right)

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This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

• anterior nuclear group[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=302 BrainInfo NeuroName 302] (anteroventral,[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=305 BrainInfo NeuroName 305] anterodorsal,[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=303 BrainInfo NeuroName 303] anteromedial[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=304 BrainInfo NeuroName 304])
• medial nuclear group (medial dorsal nucleus,[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=312 BrainInfo NeuroName 312] {{aka}} dorsomedial)
• parvocellular part[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=315 BrainInfo NeuroName 315] ({{aka}} parvicellular part)
• magnocellular part[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=314 BrainInfo NeuroName 314]
• midline nuclear group[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=306 BrainInfo NeuroName 306] or paramedian
• paratenial nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=307 BrainInfo NeuroName 307]
• paraventricular thalamus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=308 BrainInfo NeuroName 308]
• reuniens nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=309 BrainInfo NeuroName 309] ({{aka}} medioventral nucleus)
• rhomboidal nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=310 BrainInfo NeuroName 310]
• interanteromedial{{Citation |last=Sheridan |first=Nicholas |title=Neuroanatomy, Thalamic Nuclei |date=2023 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549908/ |work=StatPearls |access-date=2023-09-17 |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=31751098 |last2=Tadi |first2=Prasanna}}[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1830 BrainInfo NeuroName 1830]
• intermediodorsal[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=1868 BrainInfo NeuroName 1868]
• intralaminar nuclear group[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=317 BrainInfo NeuroName 317]
• anterior (rostral) group[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=318 BrainInfo NeuroName 318]
• paracentral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=322 BrainInfo NeuroName 322]
• central lateral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=320 BrainInfo NeuroName 320]
• central medial nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=321 BrainInfo NeuroName 321] (not called "centromedial")
• posterior (caudal) intralaminar group
• centromedian nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=323 BrainInfo NeuroName 323]
• parafascicular nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=324 BrainInfo NeuroName 324]
• lateral nuclear group{{cite web |url=http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/whereisit.aspx?language=0&requestID=ID325&parentID=ID325&originalID=ID325 |access-date=5 October 2024 |title=NeuroName 325 hierarchy}} is replaced by
• posterior region[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=362 BrainInfo NeuroName 362]
• pulvinar[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=328 BrainInfo NeuroName 328]
• anterior pulvinar nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=329 BrainInfo NeuroName 329]
• lateral pulvinar nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=330 BrainInfo NeuroName 330]
• medial pulvinar nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=331 BrainInfo NeuroName 331]
• inferior pulvinar nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=332 BrainInfo NeuroName 332]
• lateral posterior nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=327 BrainInfo NeuroName 327] belongs to pulvinar
• lateral dorsal nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=326 BrainInfo NeuroName 326] ({{aka}} dorsal superficial nucleus)
• ventral nuclear group[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=333 BrainInfo NeuroName 333]
• ventral anterior nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=334 BrainInfo NeuroName 334]
• ventral lateral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=337 BrainInfo NeuroName 337]
• ventral medial[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=340 BrainInfo NeuroName 340] ({{aka}} medial part of ventral lateral nucleus)
• anterior ventral lateral[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=338 BrainInfo NeuroName 338]
• posterior ventral lateral[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=339 BrainInfo NeuroName 339]
• ventral posterior nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=343 BrainInfo NeuroName 343] or ventrobasal complex
• ventral posterolateral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=344 BrainInfo NeuroName 344]
• oral part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=345 BrainInfo NeuroName 345]
• caudal part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=346 BrainInfo NeuroName 346]
• ventral posteromedial nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=347 BrainInfo NeuroName 347]
• ventral posteroinferior nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=350 BrainInfo NeuroName 350] (probably same as ventral intermediate nucleus)
• metathalamus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=351 BrainInfo NeuroName 351]
• medial geniculate body[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=355 BrainInfo NeuroName 355]
• lateral geniculate body[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=353 BrainInfo NeuroName 353]
• thalamic reticular nucleus[http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=365 BrainInfo NeuroName 365] part of the ventral thalamus