List of thalamic nuclei
This traditional list does not accord strictly with human thalamic anatomy.
Nuclear groups of the thalamus include:
- anterior nuclear group
- medial nuclear group
- *parvocellular part
- *magnocellular part
- midline nuclear group or paramedian
- *paratenial nucleus
- *paraventricular thalamus
- *reuniens nucleus
- *rhomboidal nucleus
- *interanteromedial
- *intermediodorsal
- intralaminar nuclear group
- *anterior group
- **paracentral nucleus
- **central lateral nucleus
- **central [medial nucleus]
- *posterior intralaminar group
- **centromedian nucleus
- **parafascicular nucleus
- lateral nuclear group is replaced by
- *posterior region
- **pulvinar
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- ***lateral pulvinar nucleus
- ***medial pulvinar nucleus
- ***inferior pulvinar nucleus
- **lateral [posterior nucleus] belongs to pulvinar
- **lateral dorsal nucleus
- *ventral nuclear group
- **ventral [anterior nucleus]
- **ventral lateral nucleus
- ***ventral medial
- ***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
- metathalamus
- *medial geniculate body
- *lateral geniculate body
- thalamic reticular nucleus part of the ventral thalamus