Ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus

System Nervous
SNOMED CT 279147005

Ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus

Definition

Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995).

Also known as nucleus ventrales posteriores, nucleus ventralis posterior, ventral posterior nucleus, ventral posterior thalamic nucleus, ventrobasal complex, ventrobasal nucleus — per UBERON

Related record This page carries no relationships. Atlas Médico also holds Ventral anterior nucleus of thalamus (0 relationships, shares UMLS:C0175276). These are separate concepts in the source ontology, not duplicates Atlas Médico has merged.

The Ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus is a part of the Nervous.

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