Thalamocortical Relationships

Front 1

necortex, number of layers

Back 1

6

Front 2

neocortex, pyramidal cell

Back 2

85%

Front 3

neocortex, non-pyramidal cell

Back 3

15%

Front 4

pyramidal cells

Back 4

GLU, Spiny dendrites

Front 5

non-pyramidal cells

Back 5

GABA

Front 6

neocortex, cortical association

Back 6

3 and 5

Front 7

neocortex, efferent neuron

Back 7

5

Front 8

neocortex horizontal cell

Back 8

1

Front 9

neocortex, interneurons nuclei

Back 9

1-4, 6

Front 10

neocortex, non-interneuron nuclei

Back 10

3 and 5

Front 11

Hemineglect

Back 11

lack of attention to one side of body and world

Front 12

Heminegelect cause

Back 12

parietal lobe damage

Front 13

necortex, number of layers

Back 13

6

Front 14

neocortex, pyramidal cell

Back 14

85%

Front 15

neocortex, non-pyramidal cell

Back 15

15%

Front 16

pyramidal cells

Back 16

GLU, Spiny dendrites

Front 17

non-pyramidal cells

Back 17

GABA

Front 18

neocortex, cortical association

Back 18

3 and 5

Front 19

neocortex, efferent neuron

Back 19

5

Front 20

neocortex horizontal cell

Back 20

1

Front 21

neocortex, interneurons nuclei

Back 21

1-4, 6

Front 22

neocortex, non-interneuron nuclei

Back 22

3 and 5

Front 23

Hemineglect

Back 23

lack of attention to one side of body and world

Front 24

Heminegelect cause

Back 24

parietal lobe damage

Front 25

Prosopagnosia

Back 25

inability to recongnize faces

Front 26

Prosopagnosia cause

Back 26

infertemporal lobe damage

Front 27

Lateral geniculate project

Back 27

to optic lobe

Front 28

Pulvinar and anterior project

Back 28

to corpus callosum

Front 29

VPL project

Back 29

to sensory cortex

Front 30

VL and VI project

Back 30

to motor cortex

Front 31

MD project

Back 31

to prefrontal

Front 32

VA project

Back 32

to motor accessory

Front 33

internal medullary lamina

Back 33

white matter tract in thalamus, divides thalamus into collections of nuclei

Front 34

Medial nuclear group

Back 34

Anterior, dorsomedial, and medioventral

Front 35

Lateral nuclear group

Back 35

lateral dorsal, lateral posterior, pulvinar

Front 36

Ventral nuclear group

Back 36

Ventral anterior, Ventral lateral anterior, Ventral lateral posterior, Ventral posterior medial, Ventral posterior lateral

Front 37

Metathalamus

Back 37

lateral geniculate and medial geniculate

Front 38

external medullary lamina

Back 38

covers the lateral surface of the thalamus

Front 39

Thalamic reticular nucleus

Back 39

only GABAergic and not projections to cortex, only from

Front 40

specific projections

Back 40

usually limited to a region of the cortex

Front 41

all thalamic nuclei but reticular

Back 41

project to cerebral cortex and receive a reciprocal

Front 42

Thalamic nuclei relay

Back 42

between subcortical (sensory) and cortex

Front 43

nonspecific projections

Back 43

wide regions of the cortex, occasionally subcortical

Front 44

thalamic collaterals projection

Back 44

contact the reticular nucleus

Front 45

Lateral geniculate layers

Back 45

6

Front 46

lateral geniculate contra layers

Back 46

1, 4, 6

Front 47

lateral geniculate ipsi layers

Back 47

2, 3, 5

Front 48

Ocular dominance

Back 48

unequal size in thalamocortical axons

Front 49

Corticothatlamic layers project to thalamus

Back 49

5 and 6

Front 50

Thalamic syndrome lesion location

Back 50

VPN

Front 51

Thalamic syndrome

Back 51

central neurogenic pain, withe dyesthesias, spontaneous pain, emotional instability

Front 52

Thalamic syndrome spinal tract involvement

Back 52

proprioception, touch, pain, temp, on contralateral

Front 53

Korsakoff's syndrome etiology

Back 53

usually a continuum of Wernicke's encephalopthay, though not always obvious

Front 54

Karsakoff's syndrome syptoms

Back 54

retrograde and anterograde amnesia

Front 55

Karsakoff's syndrome tx

Back 55

IV or IM thiamine, recovery is slow and often incomplete