List of thalamic nuclei

Brain: List of thalamic nuclei

Thalamic nuclei: MNG = Midline nuclear group AN = Anterior nuclear group MD = Medial dorsal nucleus VNG = Ventral nuclear group VA = Ventral anterior nucleus VL = Ventral lateral nucleus VPL = Ventral posterolateral nucleus VPM = Ventral posteromedial nucleus LNG = Lateral nuclear group PUL = Pulvinar MTh = Metathalamus LG = Lateral geniculate nucleus MG = Medial geniculate nucleus
MeSH	Thalamic+nuclei

Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:

This traditional list does not fit in several places with human thalamic anatomy

anterior nuclear group
- anteroventral nucleus
- anterodorsal nucleus
- anteromedial nucleus
- Superficial ("lateral dorsal")
medial nuclear group (or dorsomedial nucleus]]
- parvocellular part
- magnocellular part
midline nuclear group or paramedian
- paratenial nucleus
- parventricular nucleus
- reuniens nucleus
- rhombodoidal nucleus
intralaminar nuclear group
- paracentral nucleus
- central lateral nucleus
- central medial nucleus
centre median parafascicular group
- centromedian nucleus
- parafascicular nucleus
lateral nuclear group in fact a false entity replaced by
Posterior region
- pulvinar
- lateral posterior nucleus belongs to pulvinar
- (lateral dorsal nucleus)belongs to anterior group
ventral nuclear group
- ventral anterior nucleus
- ventral lateral nucleus
- ventral posterior nucleus
  - ventral posterolateral
  - ventral posteromedial
metathalamus no more used for the geniculate group
- medial geniculate body
- lateral geniculate body

v • d • e Brain: diencephalon
Epithalamus	Pineal body • Habenula (Habenular nuclei)
Hypothalamus	anterior: Anterior hypothalamic nucleus • Paraventricular nucleus • Preoptic area • Supraoptic nucleus • Suprachiasmatic nucleus intermediate/middle/tuberal/pituitary: infundibulum • median eminence • arcuate nucleus • Ventromedial nucleus • Dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus • Tuber cinereum, Pituitary gland (Anterior pituitary, Posterior pituitary) posterior/lateral: posterior nucleus • Mammillary body • Lateral nucleus other: Medial forebrain bundle
Subthalamus	Subthalamic nucleus • Zona incerta • Thalamic fasciculus • Lenticular fasciculus
Thalamus/nuclei	Ventral nuclear group (VA/VL, VP/VPM/VPL) • MD • AN • LNG (Pulvinar) • Intralaminar nucleus (Centromedian nucleus) • Midline nuclear group • Thalamic reticular nucleus • Metathalamus (MG, LG) • Interthalamic adhesion
Third ventricle	recesses: (Optic recess, Infundibular recess, Suprapineal recess, Pineal recess) • Hypothalamic sulcus
Other	Interventricular foramina • Optic chiasm • Subfornical organ • Mammillothalamic tract

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