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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
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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).
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