Thalamic reticular nucleus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 279164008

Thalamic reticular nucleus

Definition

The thalamic reticular nucleus is part of the ventral thalamus that forms a capsule around the thalamus laterally. It is separated from the thalamus by the external medullary lamina. Reticular cells are GABAergic, and have discoid dendritic arbors in the plane of the nucleus. Thalamic Reticular Nucleus is variously abbreviated TRN, RTN, NRT, and RT. [WP,unvetted].

Also known as nucleus reticularis thalami, reticular nuclear group, reticular nucleus of thalamus, reticular nucleus of the thalamus, reticular nucleus-2, reticular thalamic nucleus — per UBERON

The Thalamic reticular nucleus is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as