Ventral nucleus of medial geniculate body

Definition

Ventral division of medial geniculate body, first described by Morest (1964) in the cat, but found in primate, mouse and rat as well. It begins midway in the posterior third of the medial geniculate in the cat and is prominant anteriorly. The boundary between the dorsal and ventral divisions is demarcated in rat by a thick horizontally oriented axon bundle, the midgeniculate bundle (Webster, 1995, fig 16).

Also known as medial geniculate complex, ventral part, medial geniculate nucleus, ventral part, medial nucleus of medial geniculate complex, nucleus corporis geniculati medialis, pars ventralis, nucleus geniculatus medialis fasciculosis (Hassler), nucleus geniculatus medialis fasciculosus (Hassler), nucleus geniculatus medialis pars ventralis, nucleus ventralis corporis geniculati medialis, ventral nucleus of medial geniculate complex, ventral principal nucleus of medial geniculate body — per UBERON

The Ventral nucleus of medial geniculate body is a part of the Nervous.

Also identified as

• UMLS C0175295 per UBERON