Thalamic sensory nuclei
Medial geniculate nucleus – auditory sensory information through connections of primary and association auditory cortices, likely plays a role in simple and higher-level auditory processes
Lateral geniculate nucleus – visual sensory information through primary and secondary visual cortices
Ventroposterior nuclear group
- Lateral – somatosensory body and limbs
- Medial – somatosensory head and neck
- Medial, parvicellular – gustatory
- Inferior – connections with rostral inferior parietal lobule and second somatosensory area in parietal operculum, also implicated in vestibular functions
References
Schmahmann, J. D. Vascular syndromes of the thalamus. Stroke 34, 2264–2278 (2003) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12933968/
