ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus
Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995). [ BIRNLEX:1116 ]
Synonyms: nucleus ventrales posteriores, ventrobasal nucleus, ventral posterior nucleus, ventral posterior thalamic nucleus, nucleus ventralis posterior, ventrobasal complex
Term info
- DHBA:10426
- MA:0000867
- Wikipedia:Ventral_posterior_nucleus
- BTO:0004374
- BM:Die-Th-VPI
- EV:0100209
- neuronames:343 (BIRNLEX:1116)
- BTO:0004373
- DHBA:10423
- SCTID:279147005
- FMA:62187
- UMLS:C0175276 (BIRNLEX:1116)
- BIRNLEX:1116
- EMAPA:35912
- HBA:4426
- MBA:709
- BAMS:VP
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ventral posterior complex of the thalamus, nuclei ventrales posteriores, VPN, ventroposterior inferior nucleus, ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus, ventroposterior nucleus, ventral posterior
uberon
UBERON:0002596
Ventral posterior nucleus