List of thalamic nuclei

This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

• anterior nuclear group (anteroventral, anterodorsal, anteromedial)
• medial nuclear group (medial dorsal nucleus, dorsomedial)
• parvocellular part ( parvicellular part)
• magnocellular part
• midline nuclear group or paramedian
• paratenial nucleus
• paraventricular thalamus
• reuniens nucleus ( medioventral nucleus)
• rhomboidal nucleus
• interanteromedial
• intermediodorsal
• intralaminar nuclear group
• anterior (rostral) group
• paracentral nucleus
• central lateral nucleus
• central medial nucleus (not called "centromedial")
• posterior (caudal) intralaminar group
• centromedian nucleus
• parafascicular nucleus
• lateral nuclear group is replaced by
• posterior region
• pulvinar
• anterior pulvinar nucleus
• lateral pulvinar nucleus
• medial pulvinar nucleus
• inferior pulvinar nucleus
• lateral posterior nucleus belongs to pulvinar
• lateral dorsal nucleus ( dorsal superficial nucleus)
• ventral nuclear group
• ventral anterior nucleus
• ventral lateral nucleus
• ventral medial ( medial part of ventral lateral nucleus)
• anterior ventral lateral
• posterior ventral lateral
• ventral posterior nucleus or ventrobasal complex
• ventral posterolateral nucleus
• oral part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus
• caudal part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus
• ventral posteromedial nucleus
• ventral posteroinferior nucleus (probably same as ventral intermediate nucleus)
• metathalamus
• medial geniculate body
• lateral geniculate body
• thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus

Related topics

• Human brain
• Outline of the human nervous system
• List of regions in the human brain

References

External links

• Diagram at University of Memphis