ventral posterior nucleus of thalamus

Term ID

UBERON:0002596

Synonyms

• nuclei ventrales posteriores
• nucleus ventrales posteriores
• nucleus ventralis posterior
• ventral posterior
• ventral posterior complex of the thalamus
• ventroposterior inferior nucleus
• ventroposterior nucleus
• ventroposterior nucleus of thalamus
• VP
• VPN

Definition

Part of thalamus receiving primary somatic sensory information via the medial lemniscal pathway that projects to the primary somatosensory cortex (adapted from Paxinos, The Rat Nervous System, 2nd Ed, Academic Press, 1995).

References

• BAMS:VP
• BM:Die-Th-VPI
• BTO:0004373
• BTO:0004374
• DHBA:10423
• DHBA:10426
• EMAPA:35912
• EV:0100209
• HBA:4426
• MA:0000867
• MBA:709
• UMLS:C0175276
• birnlex:1116
• http://braininfo.rprc.washington.edu/centraldirectory.aspx?ID=343
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral_posterior_nucleus
• http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0175276
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/279147005

Ontology

Uberon Ontology