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Ventral posterolateral nucleus

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Ventral posterolateral nucleus
Thalamic nuclei
Details
Part ofVentral posterior nucleus
Identifiers
Latinnucleus ventralis posterolateralis thalami
NeuroNames344
NeuroLex IDbirnlex_737
TA98A14.1.08.641
A14.1.08.656
TA25692
FMA62200
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The ventral posterolateral nucleus (VPL) is a nucleus of ventral posterior nucleus of the thalamus.[1] It relays sensory information from the second-order neurons of the neospinothalamic tract and medial lemniscus (of the posterior column-medial lemniscus pathway) which synapse with in the third-order neurons in the nucleus. These then project to the somatosensory cortex in the postcentral gyrus.[citation needed]

There is uncertainty regarding the location of VMpo, as determined by spinothalamic tract (STT) terminations and staining for calcium-binding proteins, and several authorities do not consider its existence as being proved.[1]

Anatomy

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Subdivisions

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The nucleus ventralis posterior lateralis pars oralis (VPLo) is a subdivision of the ventral posterolateral thalamus which has substantial projections to the motor cortex.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Willis et al The Journal of Pain 2002;3:79-94; Graziano and Jones, The Journal of Neuroscience 2004;24:248–256
  2. ^ Bornschlegl, M; Asanuma, H (1987-12-22). "Importance of the projection from the sensory to the motor cortex for recovery of motor function following partial thalamic lesion in the monkey". Brain Research. 437 (1): 121–30. doi:10.1016/0006-8993(87)91533-2. PMID 2827861. S2CID 22353965.