User:DrAdelBondok

This is Prof Adel Bondok, Prof of Anatomy and Neuroscience, Mansoura University, Egypt.

I adopted a new classification of the thalamic nuclei based on their function and connection so medical students can easily recognize them and remeber their function. I called this classification "Bondok's Classification".

Bondok's Classification of the Thalamic Nuclei:

According to the main function of the thalamic nuclei, the thalamic nuclei are divided into 5 groups:

   1.  2 Specific Motor Nuclei: ventral anterior nucleus and ventral lateral nucleus.
   2.  2 Specific Sensory Nuclei: ventral posterior nucleus and metathalamus (medial and lateral geniculate bodies).
   3.  2 Limbic System Nuclei: anterior nucleus and medial nucleus.
   4.  2 Reticular Activating System Nuclei: reticular nucleus and intralaminar nucleus.
   5.  3 Association Nuclei: the 3 dorsal nuclei (lateral dorsal, lateral posterior and pulvinar)

--DrAdelBondok (talk) 14:55, 9 September 2008 (UTC)