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17 Cards in this Set
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Main fxn of thalamus |
-chief relay station -integration of motor and sensory info |
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Ventral Anterior Nucleus |
fxn - motor planning In - GPi and SNpr Out - area 6 (pre-frontal cortex) |
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Ventral Lateral Nucleus |
fxn - motor planning In - dentate nucleus, GPi, SNpr Out - area 4 (primary motor cortex) |
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Ventral Posterior Nucleus |
fxn - integrate somatosensory info Med - info from face Lat - info below face Out - area 1-3 (primary sensory cortex) |
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Medial Geniculate Body |
fxn - integrate audio In - inf colliculus and lateral lemniscus Out - area 41-42 (primary auditory cortex) |
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Lateral Geniculate Body |
fxn - integrate vision In - optic tract Out - area 17 (primary visual cortex) |
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Midline Nuclei |
-located around 3rd vent fxn - visceral and limbic fxn In - viscera and limbic system Out - hypothalamus, cortex, and amygdala |
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Thalamic Reticular Nucleus |
-located between int capsule and external medullary lamina fxn - monitor thalamic activity |
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Intralaminar Nuclei |
fxn - limbic fxn In - BG and RAS Out - cortex |
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Association Nuclei |
fxn - limbic fxn Medial Nuclear Mass Anterior Thalamic Nuclei |
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Pulvinar Nucleus |
fxn - sensory integration In - inferior parietal lobe Out - area 18-19 (visual association area) |
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Lateral Dorsal Nucleus |
fxn - limbic fxn In - hippocampus and cingulate gyrus Out - cingulate gyrus |
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Lateral Posterior Nucleus |
fxn - sensory integration In/Out - parietal lobe |
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Non-specific Nuclei |
-regulate consciousness, arousal, and attention -part of the reticular activating system Midline Nuclei Thalamic Reticular Nucleus Intralaminar Nuclei |
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Nuclei with sensory fxn |
-VPL/VPM -med/lat geniculate body -pulvinar -lat posterior nucleus |
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Nuclei with motor fxn |
-VA -VL |
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Nuclei with limbic fxn |
-midline -medial nuclear mass -ant thalamic nuclei -lat dorsal nucleus -intralaminar nuclei |
