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behavioral neuroscience
nuclei of the thalamus
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
11/03/2010

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Term
Pulvinar
Definition
(lateral)
input = output = parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
function = sensory integration
Term
Medial Geniculate Body (MGB)
Definition
(lateral)
input = acoustic pathway
output = auditory cortex
function = audition
Term
Lateral Geniculate body (LGB)
Definition
(lateral)
input = optic nerve
output = visual cortex
function = vision
Term
Ventral Posterolateral (VPL)
Definition
input = somatosensory from below neck
output = somatosensory strip
function = somatosensation
Term
Ventral Posteromedial (VPM)
Definition
input = somatosensory from above the neck
output = somatosensory strip
function = somatosensation
Term
Ventral intermedial (VI)
Definition
(lateral)
input = cerebellum
output = primary motor cortex
function = motor
Term
Ventral Lateral (VL)
Definition
(lateral nuclei)
input = cerebellum
output = primary motor cortex
function = motor
Term
Ventral Anterior (VA)
Definition
lateral
input = globus pallidus
output = premotor cortex
function = motor
Term
Lateral Dorsal (LD)
Definition
(lateral)
input = output =
cingulate gyrus
function = emotion
Term
Lateral Posterior (LP)
Definition
(lateral)
input = output = parietal lobe
function = sensory integration
Term
anterior nuclei
Definition
anterior
input = mammillary bodies
output = cingulate gyrus
function = limbic
Term
Medial nuclei
Medial Dorsal
Definition
input = amygdala, hypothalamus
output = prefrontal cortex
function = limbic
medial
Term
midline and intralaminar nuclei
Definition
input = reticular formation
output = cortical regions
function = modulate cortical excitability
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Reticular Nucleus
Definition
(midline)
input = output = all thalamic projection
nuclei
function = modulate thalamocortical circuits
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