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Thalamic Nuclei
Med 1
Nuclizzal | IN/OUTPUT |
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VPL | INPUT: sensory from body and limbs; OUTPUT: somatosensory cortex |
VPM | INPUT: sensory from face, taste; OUTPUT: somatosensory cortex |
VA/VL | INPUT: motor info from BG, cerebellum; OUTPUT: motor cortices (VL to area 4) (VA to area 6) |
LGB | INPUT: visual from optic tract; OUTPUT: first-degree visual cortex |
MGB | INPUT: auditory from inferior colliculus; OUTPUT: first-degree auditory cortex |
AN | INPUT: mamillary nucleus (via mammillothalamic tract) ; OUTPUT: cingulate gyrus [Papez circuit] |
MD | involved in memory, damaged in Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome |
Midline/Intralaminar | involved in arousal |
Pulvinar | Helps integrate somesthetic (somatosensory), visual, and auditory input |