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| Connection between the left and right thalami |
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| Canal that connects the third and fourth ventricles |
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• Sulcus limitans -> groove in the third ventricle -> everything above is alar, everything below is basal
• Sulcus limitans is part of the wall of the third ventricle |
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| VPL (Ventral posterior lateral thalamus) & VPM (Ventral posterior medial thalamus) |
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• Associated with the dorsal column nuclei & spinothalamic nuclei
• Associated with areas 1,2, & 3 in the brain |
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| VA (Ventral anterior thalamus) |
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| • VA gets information from basal ganglia; associated with area six in the brain (area responsible for planning movement) |
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| LG (Lateral Geniculate body) |
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| • Visual information from the eye |
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| MG (Medial Geniculate body) |
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| Dorsomedial nucleus of the thalamus |
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• does not deal with primary sensory information – gets infor. From frontal and temporal cortex
• Samples information leaving the thalamus
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