lateral geniculate body

Term ID

UBERON:0001926

Synonyms

• corpus geniculatum externum
• corpus geniculatum laterale
• corpus geniculatum laterales
• corpus geniculatus lateralis
• external geniculate body
• lateral geniculate complex
• lateral geniculate nucleus
• LGB
• LGN
• nucleus corporis geniculati lateralis
• nucleus geniculatus lateralis

Definition

the group of neurons that serve as the primary processor of visual information received from the retina via the optic tract and send processed information to the visual cortex of the occipital lobe 0-683-40008-8

References

• BAMS:C.gl.
• BAMS:LG
• BTO:0004366
• BTO:0004367
• DHBA:10429
• EFO:0001988
• EMAPA:35478
• EV:0100219
• MA:0000869
• NCIT:C32556
• PBA:128013070
• UMLS:C0086526
• birnlex:1662
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=352
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_geniculate_body
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0086526
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/362377006

Ontology

Uberon Ontology