Lateral posterior nucleus of thalamus

The lateral posterior nucleus is a nucleus of the thalamus. It represents the rostral continuation of the pulvinar (with which it shares comparable connections - the two may be considered a complex). It is thought to be involved in complex sensory integration.^[1]

Lateral posterior nucleus of thalamus
Thalamic nuclei: MNG = Midline nuclear group AN = Anterior nuclear group MD = Medial dorsal nucleus VNG = Ventral nuclear group VA = Ventral anterior nucleus VL = Ventral lateral nucleus VPL = Ventral posterolateral nucleus VPM = Ventral posteromedial nucleus LNG = Lateral nuclear group PUL = Pulvinar MTh = Metathalamus LG = Lateral geniculate nucleus MG = Medial geniculate nucleus
Thalamic nuclei
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Identifiers
Latin	nucleus lateralis posterior thalami
NeuroLex ID	birnlex_835
TA98	A14.1.08.609
TA2	5697
FMA	62177
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

Anatomy

Connections

Additional connections include the: inferior parietal lobule, cingulate cortex, and medial portion of parahippocampal gyrus.^[2]

Afferents

Afferents of the LPN project from the: occipital lobe, precuneus, superior parietal lobule, pretectal area, and superior colliculus.^[1]

Efferents

The LPN issues efferents to the precuneus, superior parietal lobule,^[1] temporal lobe, and visual association area.^[3]

Other animals

In rodents, the lateral posterior nucleus is considered the homologue of the primate pulvinar.^[4]

References

1. Patestas, Maria A.; Gartner, Leslie P. (2016). A Textbook of Neuroanatomy (2nd ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 470, 472. ISBN 978-1-118-67746-9.
2. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
3. Kiernan, John A.; Rajakumar, Nagalingam (2013). Barr's The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint (10th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4511-7327-7.
4. Zhou, N; Maire, PS; Masterson, SP; Bickford, ME (January 2017). "The mouse pulvinar nucleus: organization of the tectorecipient zones". Visual Neuroscience. 34: E011. doi:10.1017/S0952523817000050. ISSN 0952-5238. PMC 6050011. PMID 28965504.

External links

• http://brainmaps.org/index.php?y=lateral+posterior+nucleus+of+thalamus