Posterior nuclear complex of thalamus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 424395006

Posterior nuclear complex of thalamus

Definition

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).

Also known as caudal thalamic nucleus, nuclei posteriores thalami, posterior complex of thalamus, posterior complex of the thalamus, posterior nuclear complex, posterior nuclear complex of thalamus, posterior nuclear group of thalamus, posterior nucleus of dorsal thalamus, posterior thalamic nuclear group, posterior thalamic nucleus — per UBERON

The Posterior nuclear complex of thalamus is a part of the Nervous.

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