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posterior nuclear complex of thalamus

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Part of thalamus comprising ill defined cellular groups in the caudal thalamus at the meso-diencephalic junction. It is not a homogeneous structure but consists of several distinct cellular groups, including the suprageniculate and limitans nuclei, the magnocellular division of the medial geniculate body, portions of the pulvinar nucleus and an area of mixed cell types intercalated between the ventroposterior nucleus and the nucleus lateral posterior (Brodal, Neurological Anatomy, 3rd ed., 1981, pg 97). [ BIRNLEX:1467 ]

Synonyms: posterior complex of thalamus, caudal thalamic nucleus, posterior nuclear complex, posterior complex of the thalamus, posterior thalamic nuclear group, nuclei posteriores thalami, posterior nuclear group of thalamus, posterior nuclear complex of thalamus, posterior nucleus of dorsal thalamus, posterior thalamic nucleus

Term info

database cross reference
  • FMA:62024
  • BTO:0002462
  • MBA:1020
  • EMAPA:35697
  • BIRNLEX:1467
  • EMAPA:35698
  • BAMS:PNC
  • BAMS:PO
  • UMLS:C0175298 (BIRNLEX:1467)
  • neuronames:360 (BIRNLEX:1467)
  • SCTID:424395006
  • BAMS:Po
  • DHBA:10428
Subsets

vertebrate_core

RO 0002171

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003033, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002983

editor note

ZFA grouping dubious

has related synonym

parieto-occipital

id

UBERON:0002709

prefLabel

Posterior nuclear group of thalamus