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ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus

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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

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has related synonym

ventral posterior complex of the thalamus, nuclei ventrales posteriores, VPN, ventroposterior inferior nucleus, ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus, ventroposterior nucleus, ventral posterior

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UBERON:0002596

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Ventral posterior nucleus