Lateral dorsal nucleus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 279154004

Lateral dorsal nucleus

Definition

The lateral dorsal nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus. It acts in concert with the anterior nuclei of thalamus. It receives significant input from several subdivisions of visual cortex, and has a primary output to parietal cortex on the dorsolateral cortical convexity, giving it access to limbic forebrain nuclei important for emotion and behavior functions.

Also known as dorsal thalamus, lateral group, lateral dorsal nucleus of thalamus, lateral dorsal thalamic nucleus, laterodorsal nucleus nucleus of thalamus, laterodorsal nucleus thalamic nucleus, laterodorsal nucleus, superficial part, laterodorsal thalamic nucleus, nucleus dorsalis lateralis thalami, nucleus dorsalis superficialis (Hassler), nucleus dorsolateralis thalami, nucleus lateralis dorsalis, nucleus lateralis dorsalis of thalamus, nucleus lateralis dorsalis thalami, nucleus lateralis thalami dorsalis — per UBERON

The Lateral dorsal nucleus is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as