Term
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Definition
(lateral)
input = output = parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes
function = sensory integration |
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Term
| Medial Geniculate Body (MGB) |
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Definition
(lateral)
input = acoustic pathway
output = auditory cortex
function = audition |
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Term
| Lateral Geniculate body (LGB) |
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Definition
(lateral)
input = optic nerve
output = visual cortex
function = vision |
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Term
| Ventral Posterolateral (VPL) |
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Definition
input = somatosensory from below neck
output = somatosensory strip
function = somatosensation |
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Term
| Ventral Posteromedial (VPM) |
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Definition
input = somatosensory from above the neck
output = somatosensory strip
function = somatosensation |
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Term
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Definition
(lateral)
input = cerebellum
output = primary motor cortex
function = motor |
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Term
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Definition
(lateral nuclei)
input = cerebellum
output = primary motor cortex
function = motor |
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Term
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Definition
lateral
input = globus pallidus
output = premotor cortex
function = motor |
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Term
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Definition
(lateral)
input = output =
cingulate gyrus
function = emotion |
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Term
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Definition
(lateral)
input = output = parietal lobe
function = sensory integration |
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Term
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Definition
anterior
input = mammillary bodies
output = cingulate gyrus
function = limbic |
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Term
Medial nuclei
Medial Dorsal |
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Definition
input = amygdala, hypothalamus
output = prefrontal cortex
function = limbic
medial |
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Term
| midline and intralaminar nuclei |
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Definition
input = reticular formation
output = cortical regions
function = modulate cortical excitability |
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Term
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Definition
(midline)
input = output = all thalamic projection
nuclei
function = modulate thalamocortical circuits |
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