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lateral geniculate body

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001926

The group of neurons that serve as the primary processor of visual information received from the retina via the optic tract and send processed information to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe. [ MP:0004165 http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: lateral geniculate complex, corpus geniculatum laterales, lateral geniculate nucleus, nucleus geniculatus lateralis

Term info

database cross reference
  • BTO:0004366
  • UMLS:C0086526 (ncithesaurus:External_Geniculate_Body)
  • BTO:0004367
  • EV:0100219
  • UMLS:C0086526 (BIRNLEX:1662)
  • EMAPA:35478
  • BAMS:LG
  • BIRNLEX:1662
  • PBA:128013070
  • NCIT:C32556
  • DHBA:10429
  • MA:0000869
  • FMA:62209
  • neuronames:352 (BIRNLEX:1662)
  • Wikipedia:Lateral_geniculate_body
  • BAMS:C.gl.
  • EFO:0001988
  • SCTID:362377006
Subsets

uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim

UBPROP 0000012

BTO has distinct classes for body and nucleus, but other sources treat as identical

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Gray719.png

has related synonym

corpus geniculatus lateralis, nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis, LGB, external geniculate body, corpus geniculatum laterale, corpus geniculatum externum

id

UBERON:0001926

prefLabel

Lateral geniculate body

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_117569