| List of thalamic nuclei | |
|---|---|
 Thalamic nuclei: (left thalamus, left view) 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 | |
 Thalamic nuclei (right thalamus viewed from above right) | |
| Identifiers | |
| MeSH | D013787 |
| TA98 | A14.1.08.602 |
| Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy | |
This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.
Contents
Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:
- anterior nuclear group [1] (anteroventral, [2] anterodorsal, [3] anteromedial [4] )
- medial nuclear group (medial dorsal nucleus, [5] a.k.a. dorsomedial)
- parvocellular part [6] (a.k.a. parvicellular part)
- magnocellular part [7]
- midline nuclear group [8] or paramedian
- paratenial nucleus [9]
- paraventricular thalamus [10]
- reuniens nucleus [11] (a.k.a. medioventral nucleus)
- rhomboidal nucleus [12]
- interanteromedial [13] [14]
- intermediodorsal [13] [15]
- intralaminar nuclear group [16]
- anterior (rostral) group [17]
- paracentral nucleus [18]
- central lateral nucleus [19]
- central medial nucleus [20] (not called "centromedial")
- posterior (caudal) intralaminar group
- anterior (rostral) group [17]
- lateral nuclear group [13] [23] is replaced by
- posterior region [24]
- pulvinar [25]
- lateral posterior nucleus [30] belongs to pulvinar
- lateral dorsal nucleus [31] (a.k.a. dorsal superficial nucleus)
- ventral nuclear group [32]
- ventral anterior nucleus [33]
- ventral lateral nucleus [34]
- ventral medial [35] (a.k.a. medial part of ventral lateral nucleus)
- anterior ventral lateral [36]
- posterior ventral lateral [37]
- ventral posterior nucleus [38] or ventrobasal complex
- ventral posterolateral nucleus [39]
- ventral posteromedial nucleus [42]
- ventral posteroinferior nucleus [43] (probably same as ventral intermediate nucleus)
- posterior region [24]
- metathalamus [44]
- thalamic reticular nucleus [47] part of the ventral thalamus
